I wanted to share my photos of the memorial set up in Boston’s Copley Square where the recent bombing tragically killed 3, and injured over 170 people. And so senselessly, so senselessly. I’m sure it seems to you, too, that – to kill innocent people (children included) to get attention, to supposedly further a cause, is the most insane thinking on this planet. And yet, there are those out there that think this way.
But we, my friend, far out number those that would do these evil things. As witnessed by the outpourings of care and support from the people in the city of Boston and those who have visited. The memorial in Copley Square is so unabashedly full of love, good wishes, healing, and strength, that I was moved to tears as I walked through it. I felt the sorrow, the terrible trauma that these people went through on that day. Looking at the memorial, if was it the entire city had thrown itself, like a blanket of care, to heal, support, and do what they can. It was a promise to “be there,” with heartfelt sincerity and diligence, along with many, many prayers.
And this vibe of care emanates throughout the city – in signs on walls, T-shirts that say “Boston Strong”, special discounts in stores in honor of the Marathon, even a commercial that shows a fishing boat beautifully, simply, raising an American flag, with “Boston Strong” appearing across the bottom of the screen.
I am always in amazement of how many good people there are out there in the world. And when tragedy strikes, it shows what a person is really made of. And this makes me proud to be a part of the human race.
And as for those “other” people who would do us harm to further their own twisted agendas, they can try (and I think they will always try), but I don’t think they will ever get very far because – when a light such as ours shines so bright, darkness cannot survive in it.
Pretty cool that people put their running shoes here.
Letters attached to a tree. Reminded me of the notes I attach to balloons.
The amount of flowers, and letters, and mementos, flags is amazing.
A special memorial in the middle for the victims.
On the weekend, the site was visited by MANY people.
A young boy sends his own best wishes.
Many stop to meditate, and pay their respects. Old, and young alike.
Steps away, tulips bloom in Copley Square.
…Also bloom in Boston Commons, the oldest park in the country.
Yes, Boston IS Strong. And beautiful!
Lisa thank you so much for sharing these incredible pictures. It is so uplifting to see the good in humanity and know that total strangers will reach out to each other during a tragedy such as this. There is evil in this world, but I think as you do that the good far out number the evil and always will. Thanks again for this share!
Love and Light-
Ingrid Mennella
Dear Lisa,
What happened in Boston is very sad 🙁
My thoughts and prayers are with families who have lost someone and injured was.
Boston is beautiful and thank you for your beautiful Pictures from Boston
Sorry for my not so good English 🙂
Love Greetings from Amberg in Germany
your
Simone
Just shows how strong love is and the life does go on even in such tragedy
And when the best of us comes out, it can go on better than before. It makes such a difference when we care!
Hi lisa
Thanks so much for sharing the pictures with us. What a tragic thing. The letters on the tree also made me think of you and sending patrick the balloons. You and Patrick have been on my mind so much lately. Yesterday at work Shes like the wind came on. My favorite song. Also i get home from work and the season one of The Beast and A 8×10 picture of Patrick that i had ordered was waiting for me in the mail. I have already watched the first 2 episodes and loved them. What a strong strong man. Miss him. Take care lisa. Keep blogging.
Dear Lisa,
it is so incredible what some people can do – I often ask myself why are people like this alive – why? How can someone do something so cruel and why isn´t there even a glimpse of heart with many people. They were born as little innocent babys – what happend to them so they became evil beasts?
Since I became mother December the 26. last year the evil things and tragedys in the newspapers touch me a lot more than before. I knew them before but my little helpless baby doesn´t know about the evil things at all. It scares me that there are people who kill other people, kidnapp and abuse children.
Even thinking of things like that makes me sad and angry – particulary when I hold her in my arms while she is sleeping or breastfeeding. I will do my best to protect her and whoever wants to harm her will pay for that – I pray for her to have a happy and healthy life – like every mother wants to have for her child.
All the people who have gotten injured or have died in Boston are someones baby – I feel sorry for their parents and relatives. The offenders have hurt a lot more people than the actual respecting – they have hurt mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers…..they have hurt even me by scaring me and making me cry for a dead child I have never met before.
It may be a little bit off-topic but there is again part of a song that runs in my mind right now – it´s “Gangsta´s paradise”: …tell me why are we so blind to see – that the ones whe hurt are you and me?”
Has this word become more bad or does it only seem as if? I have no answer – but I hope that my daughter and all the other children in this world will never be near someone really really evil and bad. I wish I could do something to protect them, to cuddle and save them, but we all know that a lonesome person cannot do so much – only as a group are we strong – like the flowers on your pictures. They look like a army of the good!
It gives hope, that in this world still good people are and that they are for this time in superior numbers – let us hope that it stays like that. No, let us not only hope – let us be part of the good warriors!
“For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” – Shakespeare
Tani
XXL
Well said. I too, am continually amazed by the kindness in others and my heart goes out to the people of Boston. Great pictures! The tulips are amazing!
It’s a special city here.
Beautiful pictures, sad thing to have happen ever. What is happening to this world of ours. There needs to be less hate and more of people trying to get along. There is no reason for things like this to happen, it makes me very sad and wonder what it will be like when our grand children are our age, will there still be a world by then ? I guess only God knows for sure. May he bless each and everyone who was hurt, killed, their families, the pain they are feeling, it is so heart breaking. Word just can not describe how I feel. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Patricia
Thank you!
Thank you, Lisa
for posting such beautiful pictures on Boston.
Yes Boston is strong and so is America! god bless this beautiful country of ours!
One word…beautiful. And, yes, the amount of good people in this world far outnumber the evil. Thanks for sharing and bringing recognition to the amazing people of Boston, MA.
As always, much, much love to you! XXX
Very well said Lisa. Yes there are many good people out there in the World
I agree with you 100% and my belief is that those who try to take us down will only end up hurting themselves in the end. I truly believe with all my heart that Boston will get through this HORRIBLE situation it will just take time like anything in life. MAY GOD BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF BOSTON!!!
A beautiful tribute…Thank you for sharing…
Amen . Thank you, Lisa, for these wonderful pics and blessed thoughts and sharing your feelings. Good vs evil, in our lives daily. Wars, diseases, tornados, hurricanes, nature disaster, human disaster, and just evil, evil, events that are so devastating that we just don’t want to hear of them. But we do and the thing that amazes me, keeps me going is the fact that not only is BOSTON STRONG, but our COUNTRY IS STRONG AND WE STAND BEHIND, BESIDE, OR STAND IN FOR ONE ANOTHER WHAT EVER THE CASE MAYBE. WHETHER IT’S PHYSICAL LABOR, MONETARY SUPPORT, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, OR MENTAL HELP THAT IS NEEDED. WE ARE THERE IN UNITY, AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD SHOULD BE.
I’m like you the evil won’t stop but we can make a difference by lending a helping hand, a prayer, just listen, but mostly sharing in the good we see that comes out of these events, people helping people, loving unconditionally and LETTING IT BE KNOW THAT WE DON’T STICK OUR TAILS BETWEEN OUR LEGS AND HIDE, RUN FROM THESE EVENTS BUT WE STAND STRONG IN OUR FAITH, IN UNITY FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND, TOGETHER AND NO MATTER WHAT IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT WAY. THANKS AGAIN LISA FOR SHARING.
Amen!
Very well said, Joan! Lisa, thanks again for sharing with us!!
Dear Lisa, thanks for your blog .Your words are so much heartfelt and so much true.There always will be cruel people who will always want to hurt anyone but fortunately there are a lot of a good people , that is full of love and understanding.Each of those similar tragedies is always so shocking, so horrible …I´m so sorry for all of lost lives and injured persons…The human evil is a terrible thing and it´s necessary to fight it for love.
Sorry for my English,i know sometimes isn´t so good.
Take care ,Lisa.With each of your thoughts you prove the amazing woman that you are.
As always sending you and lot of love and a big hug.
Dearest Lisa, my prayers and tears are shared by many. Words can not even come close to telling how i feel about what evil people do to others. That horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach, the ache in ones heart. I don’t like these feelings as none of us do. We all still find happiness and a reason to laugh and smile, because we want our selves and other to be happy. You have been a strong lady, through a lot. I wish we could all be strong, but at times we fail and just fall apart for days, because of love, sadness, or just being lonely. But we still get up, and smile and laugh again. Well sorry for getting off the subject. My prayers are for all. Sending big hugs your way. Thanks for every word…..
beautiful day in England today the sun is shining its really hot for a change everyone seems happy. Just shows what a bit of good weather can do. Good to be alive.
Lisa, thank you for sharing the moving photos, what a wonderful tribute to the victims and families of Boston. I still cannot believe the senseless acts of horror that was committed by individuals that were welcomed into our country. I pray for the people of Boston, the 4 lives lost and the lives that have been forever changed. I pray for courage, faith and strength to carry on as they live on with the permanent disabilities inflicted upon them.
In the memorable words of Bill Pullman from the movie Independence Day:
We will be united in our common interests.
We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
You are going to live on!
You’re going to survive!
Boston Strong!!
God Bless Boston and God Bless the United States of America!!
Thanks Lisa, much love and rainbows to you
Nadine
Thank you!!
One word UNITY!
Unity will prevail but dreadful that so many innocent people have lost their lives in such a horrific way…
I do worry about my two babies and pray peace will reign.
Joanna xx
The Greeks dedicated the peacock to Juno, the goddess of sky and stars, in recognition of the golden circles and blue background of the peacock’s tail.
Hi Lisa,
The truth is that tragedies like Boston you remove the inside and make you appreciate what you have , to give more importance to life and live every day as if it were the last. We must use the time because like people like this can make us dissapear any second or suffer to us and our families.
Not in our hands dissapears evil in this world, but we have to fight and move forward as Boston has continued doing it and many other many places and countries that have suffered bloody attacks like this one.
Much encouragement all those who may have seen some way affected by this terrible tragedy and speedy recovery to the injured.
All my support to the families of the victims, the wounded and people in general in the city and the Boston Marathon.
Thank you Lisa for your words, particularly for Boston’s pics, and you generosity and recognition for share with us.
All my best wishes as always for you Lisa, take care my friend. Thanks once again for your solidarity with the weakest.
Maite Sánchez
Hi Lisa
How beautiful the pictures of the lovely items people left in memory of such a awful event, the people of Boston are just fantastic in they’re strength and love.
Thank you for showing these pics they really touch your heart.
love to you Lisa God Bless you xoxx
This made me smile….
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things on the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping”. To this day, especially in times of “disaster,” I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” – Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)
It’s anamazing and moving to when tragedy brings out the best in a person. I found everyone’s reaction in Boston to be inspiring.
Hi Lisa, thinking of you and wishing you a wonderful ,happy, healthy and enjoyable birthday. Love n rainbows to you. Enjoy tomorrow. Much love, Nadine XOX
Joyeux anniversaire! Happy Birthday Lisa!
love from France
clémentine
XXX!
Dear Lisa
Its Sunday, the 26th of May today…. your birthday. My best wishes for you and lots of strengh, sunshine and loving people around you. May your hopes and wishes come true. I send you a guardian angel over the big pond. God bless you. Kind regards
Dorothea
Thank you, Dorothea
Happy birthday, Lisa!
here, a video I would like to share you:
Have a nice day and a lot of beautiful, happy and sweet moments.
XXG
Hi Lisa,
read your book about caring and surviving. I have also made that journey. Husband Johan 1949 – 2011, died of lymph cancer.
Lots of things in common, me a Finn, born 1950, married 1975 a Swedish man after having met at the age of 25. Our marriage lasted 36happy years, whereof 20 years sharing business together – life 24/7 with him was however full of surprises, never a dull moment.
About your cutting down a lot of trees at your lot – I did the same, but in fact that was something I had wanted the last years when they just grew higher and higher, but as we did not agree about that, I knew that I would save it for the day when only I could decide.
And I refurbrished a room that was “his”.
The lot is a lot brighter now, new room nice, but would I take all those things back – yes, as if only for a day with him!
Greetings from Öland, Sweden – an Island in the Baltic Sea between the Swedish mainland and Latvia.
Thank you for writing, Kristina. I’m sending you my best wishes!
It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button! I’d without a doubt donate to this
brilliant blog! I guess for now i’ll settle
for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to new updates and will talk about this blog with my Facebook group.
Talk soon!