Solidarity

Who would not be moved by the photos coming from Ukraine, by the snow falling on families as they leave the homes and country they love, by the scenes of children too sick to travel, hiding in basements while parents hold their IV bags?

Who would not shake their fist at a world where raw aggression cannot be stopped because to do so would create a nuclear war out of what is still a "regional conflict"?

The images are haunting: burnt husks of buildings, unexploded shells in playgrounds, lines of weary citizens carrying bags and babies to what they hope is a new, safe place.

Who cannot look at these images and think, how long and difficult it can be to build things up ... but how terribly quickly they can be destroyed.