A MFSO mom, Gilda, (Cindy Sheehan's friend) NEEDS our help. [View All]

[ray of light]

http://www.democracycellproject.net/blog/archives/2005/10/see_the_truth_k.html

From last night's DC vigil:
More update from Karen at the White House vigil:

One of the Gold Star moms for Peace was standing next to Karen and she broke down in tears when one of the very loud, strident opposition people came up and was yelling right in front of her. Karen broke off so that she could step in between and provide a hug.

The police are now in the process of arresting people who chose to stay in the "die-in". Everyone's singing Down by the Riverside. Mark Brisky is there too and called out hello to everyone here.

Posted by: dwahzon at October 26, 2005 07:53 PM

First...
Read Gilda's entry here:

http://www.democracycellproject.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=261&view=findpost&p=3244

Gilda is the woman I ran into tonight who was standing in front of one of the vilest people I have ever run into. She was shrieking at Gilda about her son, who was killed in Iraq, but she is OK about it because he volunteered and knew what he was getting into.

Nothing wrong with believing your son died for a good cause, but she was yelling at Gilda for grieving for her own son.

Gilda had moved away from her, and was starting to tear up, so I put my arms around her and told her that the woman was not worth listening to.

She began to sob, and she said, "There are so many more like her out there." I pointed across the street, at the good people lying on the sidewalk, many of them intending to be arrrested for the truth. I hoped to get her to see that there are many of us working hard every day to bring our children home, many more than there are people who feel compelled to scream at people at a peaceful protest.

She shook her head, I stepped away for a minute and she was gone.

So to all you good people, let's make sure that Gilda's pain is not replicated over and over. Leave her a message on that thread in the forum, or here, and show her how many of us do care, and are doing whatever we can.


Posted by: Karen at October 26, 2005 10:38 PM