"Good times never seemed so good...so good, so good, so good."
Richard Penniman and Neil Diamond,"Sweet Caroline"
After all the tragedy and sad news last week I decided to concentrate on good news...the positive and heart-warming stories that always come out of the difficult times. It didn't take long for me to find too many to list here. There was the Boston Jewish synagogue, Temple Israel, who opened their doors to Trinity Episcopal Church, whose church was part of the bomb scene. The Trinity folks were able to have their Sunday services inside the Synagogue yesterday. Beautiful. There is the father-son running team of Dick and his disabled son, Rick Hoyt, who were participating in what they thought would be their last marathon, hanging it up after thirty years. Yesterday, they said they would come back once more--next year's Boston Marathon. There were the employees at Forum, a bar/restaurant right there near the bomb site, whose employees stayed, comforted and cared for the victims, bringing them into the bar, out of harm's way. There are stories of love, loss and human compassion--too many to list. But, one of my favorites is the one about Neil Diamond showing up at the Red Sox game Saturday to lead the crowd in the singing of "Sweet Caroline," their eighth inning ritual. I watched, teary, as he pointed to the crowd and let them take over the song. With incredible spirit, the crowd boisterously interjected the customary, "So good, so good, so good!" It struck me as a real sign of hope for all of us. After a week like last week it would seem hard to sing "so good." But we can learn from Boston and know better. Love, heidi
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