never again--stop nuclear weapons now

Ming woke me up at 5:45am to say goodbye to me.  He was leaving to prayer vigil at the test site for Nagasaki Day.

"Don't get arrested," I told him, still half-asleep.  Then I changed my mind.  "Do what you need to do," I said.

They were both fasting.  Like last year, our friend had a sign that said Peace Faster.  I thought Ming should have a sign that said Peace Slower, but that would be confusing.

"There are a lot of grasshoppers out here," Ming told me afterward.  He called from the DARM site to ask me if I wanted to go to breakfast with them to break their fast.

We held hands and prayed over our pupusas.  We brought our friend to the bus stop so he could go home.

The day before, I was on the phone with his spouse.  She was telling me I had more than my blood family--I had chosen family also, with the Catholic Worker.  I agreed with her but wondered, Have I done a good enough job, being vulnerable with these people, that they really know me for who I am?

I hope they can see me for who I am, even if I haven't been 100% forthcoming.  They've known me at a funny time in my life, transitioning from scared of people to not scared.