Another day, more thanks

Am extremely energetic at this midnight hour, funny how this is when am active and ready to go, just when the world is retiring,no wonder I miss Cairo the city that never sleeps, I miss the nights I stayed up till 6am studying with breaks on my balcony watching men smoke shisha and parents taking 2am walks with children. People often say there is no freedom in the Arab world, but what is freedom? I have just finished tidying up my house and creating room for my five guests tomorrow, army talk will top the dinner table and women may just break down because they cannot cope with the impending deployment of out men with the Presidential increase in troops to the Middle East, not to fight for freedom noted...but to destroy Alkaeda a theme constantly stressed by the present American President. I hope I can be a great support to my friends during this time. My husband and I have barely been together since courtship and marriage, in some ways I don't feel the pinch of this as those with children. I can not even start to imagine the effects, yet am hoping that we can all cope and be a great support to each other. My sister called today from a faraway land and as usual we talked for two hours, laughing and feeling unconsciously refreshed. Family has a way of making me immensely grateful for Life.