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thoughts about home, trauma, and life

I appreciate the post above in its reminder of the continuity of "playfulness and humor in the face of horror" and of rejoice in "return home." 

For me, the concept of home is activated with thoughts of 9/11 -- home, making it home, homeland.  Questions of belonging, safety, places where life is celebrated and lived.  How can humans be more at home with one another, with ourselves, without overly controlling one another, or ourselves? 

What happens when home is a site not of comfort and sustenance, gifts and candles, but of trauma, war, desolation, loss?  What do we learn from trauma as we evolve as a species? 

i wish for peace.

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