Someone told me long ago: there's a calm before the storm.

I know.

It's been coming for some time...

No tears now, ladies. Please. No public wailing or tears.

We will get through. We always do. We've been preparing for lifetimes for what is to come.  If you can't trust in that, respect those who do and can.

Thanks and may the odds be ever in your favor. God bless those with the odds against them. For they bring the most joy to the party when the underdog upsets the accepted order and shows how it's done...

(most often with an assist from a powerful patron or patroness who supports the order being upset but is in no position to pull it off themselves with money and power alone.)