The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #38845 Message #548092
Posted By: Steve Parkes
12-Sep-01 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: From a Mother's Point of View...
Subject: RE: From a Mother's Point of View...
I think we worry mostly by telling ourselves it probably won't happen! Statistics are on our side: there's 4 billion folks out there and only two of them are mine. Both Tim and Beckie have been in minor car accidents; I don't think about being crushed or burned or cut up. Not much, anyway.
Stalin said "one death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic". But I can't see it that way. Even though it's thousands of miles away, I still can't see yesterday's events as something remote and non-personal. I put myself in the position of the victims: each death is a tragedy, a man or woman fearing for him/herself, and for the otheres around them.
Sorry, I could witter on for ages in he same vein, but it's not getting the babby washed, as we say. How do I worry? Very thouroughly.
Steve