Peter and I had our first date night last night (thanks, Latshaws, for babysitting!). Unfortunately, it wasn't too fun. We went for a short walk and had dinner at a nice Mexican restaurant, and Peter tried (with some success) to keep us from talking about Eden the whole time, but my heart just wasn't in it.
In many ways it's been a good week. Eden has been napping/sleeping well, we had fun eating pizza and watching election coverage on Tuesday with friends, the weather has been beautiful, everyone is healthy, etc. But my heart has been heavy lately, mostly because of some difficult situations currently being faced by friends, acquaintances, and even some relative strangers. Sometimes it just seems like the world is too full of bad news, injustice, suffering, and grief, and it's about all I can take. And ever since having Eden I've been particularly sensitive to any suffering experienced by children and the consequent grief and agony experienced by their parents. This week has been full of bad news of the latter sort and some of these situations look to get worse before the week is over. I'm sure there are happier days in store and happier experiences to enjoy ahead, but for right now I just feel heartbroken and low and sad about the world in general.
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