A quiet hello

One day after September 11th last year I wrote a message of swift sympathy, understanding, and love on my website, for all my friends in America. But since the close-to-home tragedy in Bali on October 12th words have become a lump in my throat. I know I have to write something but I feel too shocked and upset to write anything. Where do I begin? Where do I end? Perhaps at a time like this fewer words are better than many, since in Bali and Australia and the other nations affected, no matter how many words I write, the dead will not return, the injured will not be made new again, nor will the wildly grieving ever be comforted.

My own heart is heavy but how much heavier are the hearts of the bereaved?

Mem Fox