Here are two touching stories that have been circulating in the internet. First is the news about the Syrian couple who got married in bombed-out St. George Church in Homs, Syria - see picture above.
The second is about a Turkish couple who decided to feed 4,000 Syrian refugees instead of having a lavish wedding banquet -- see second picture.
News like these usually appear first in Twitter and Facebook where they go viral before they are picked up by the regular media.
I find these news heartwarming. They give another angle to the chaos and carnage in the Middle East.
Barrel-bombing, suicide detonation, beheading create dark feelings, a sense of desperation -- an ugly side of humanity.
But stories like the Syrian newly weds who got married in a church that's been destroyed, and the couple in Turkey who sacrificed their wedding reception to feed refugees reveal courage, tenacity, generosity, a loving and gentle side of man --- a nobility that we would like to emulate.
May God bless and protect them and grant them and their people peace!
Have a great weekend, dear Readers!
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Philippines, Marcos Dictatorship - Salvaged Love by Carol Ojeda Kimbrough
Photos courtesy of Twitter
Tags: politics, Middle East, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Middle East Wedding couples, Syrian, Turkish, Homs, bombed-out church, feed refugees
This is all for now,
Cecilia
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