Human condition

Tuesday’s photograph on the front page struck me powerfully. It showed women and children coming out of a wooded area, heading home to Kosovo. I took a second look at the photograph and thought I recognized the face of a young boy — a friend of my son’s in school. One of the women looked like a good friend of mine from college living in Arkansas. I was struck by how much the Kosovo refugees look like me…us. I had tried to ignore the nightly television newscasts and the daily accounts of the horror of the situation. The photograph stunned me into realizing the refugees look just like me…us. Jill Barlow-Kelley Southwest Harbor