From the ashes comes character

Listening to the radio this morning, the presenter was narrating an incident involving one of his friends.

You see the friend's house had burnt down the night before and he had accompanied him to the site to see what, if anything, could be recovered. As it would be, all that was left was ash and cinders.

Homesickness before death

This morning I woke up with a feeling of loneliness and a grave case of homesickness – I am sure this feeling haunts millions of people who live away from their homeland.

This angst must be worse, particularly when you know you may never see home again. Day before yesterday, eight people were beheaded in a foreign land for crime they may have or have not committed.