Sunday, November 16, 2003

"What is war?" Ricky and I had just tuned in to Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers" - a movie about American soldiers in the Vietnam war. The actors were getting ready for war, saying goodbyes to their wives and children. Bea was sitting with us and playing with her toys. Her question put questions in our minds as well. How do we explain war to children? There had been so many wars in the world - both big and small ones, and I don't doubt there's a war going on right this minute. But is all war the only way for us to have peace?