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Drawn Before Dawn: Witnessing the Walk for Peace
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melody diehl
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Feb 10, 2026
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Up at 3:00am. On the road by 3:30am.
Dark - cold - country roads - black ice - no specific directions. U-turns and navigating with wrong info. But at 5:35am we see the vehicles and arrive safely.
Why are we doing this? What is the reason?
We stand in the dark waiting. Not sure what to do. The sh...
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