Comments on: Happy Xmas (We Miss You)

By: AnOldieButAGoodie

AnOldieButAGoodie — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:11:08 +0000

I needed to see that. I needed to think. Sometimes the little silliness in life takes away from the thinks that need not be ignored. Thanks for sharing.

By: Born Jamericuban

Born Jamericuban — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:50:55 +0000

Thank you for this post Bella!
My mom is a retired disabled veteran [USMC, Desert Storm]. I have grown up watching a woman who was sent off to the desert in perfect health and then came back the total opposite. It’s very hard, and it continues to be an uphill battle for her even 10+ years later. I am only 21, yet I’ve had to attend 5 funerals of fallen friends in the past few years who I attended high school with at some point due to the current war. And I consider myself lucky. Its not even about politics, and what side you choose — when it comes down to it, everyone needs to support the troops, and not just while they are “over there”. People seem to forget about them when they come back. You don’t even have to have been wounded phsyically during combat — just going there changes people. Thank you for doing your part to bring attention to our veterans!

By: pets

pets — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:24:00 +0000

Very deep post and the information about the Christmas song blew me away as I never knew it was Lennon’s..it’s timeless and haunting.

By: Bebroma

Bebroma — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:46:37 +0000

Afrobella, this video brings home the real cost of war. Sometimes we get so numbed to all the tragedy in this world that the numbers we hear of the injured and dead lose their true significance when we hear them. Seeing the faces of the suffering, seeing little children hurt and/or alone, seeing the wrenching grief of people with feelings just like ours helps to turn those numbers into people. Southfloridian, I hope your husband makes it home safely, and I hope that his mind and heart will find peace. John Lennon was a very deep, introspective person and he used his celebrity to bring attention to serious issues. Such an irony that his death was as senseless and tragic as the millions of deaths he felt so deeply about and worked to prevent.

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:49 +0000

Beautiful post bella.

By: AmiJane

AmiJane — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:51:31 +0000

This is beautiful. Tryin to stop myself from crying. Thanks for the light shed on the subject

By: AfricanGoddess

AfricanGoddess — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:25:27 +0000

I love your site Afrobella. You are fabulous!
John Lennon’s widow,Yoko Ono, continues her work in the peace movement which was what atttracted Lennon to her when they first met. Check out Ono’s latest work at http://www.democracynow.org/2007/10/16/exclusive_yoko_ono_on_the_new
The struggle continues.

By: Pamelicious

Pamelicious — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:00:45 +0000

Afrobella, thanks for the video add. It is so sad that the same thing is still going on today. I too am a huge John Lennon fan, more so his fan than a fan of the Beatles. I was a little girl when he was killed and I remember a friend of my was killed exactly one week later. Definitely touching

By: Katasha

Katasha — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:59:38 +0000

I certainly cried after watching this video.

By: warrior11209

warrior11209 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:54:22 +0000

Afrobella , thanks for the video – it was sad and tragic when it was first released and continues to be so today. I pray for all those whose family members are fighters in this senseless war that is wounding, maiming and claiming our youngest and our brightest.
Southfloridian – you and your family are in my prayers.