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8 Little Ways To Deal With This Scary, Awful, Crappy Week

8 Little Ways To Deal With This Scary, Awful, Crappy Week
By 

Christina Huffington

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Mourners hold candles and U.S. flags during a vigil for Martin Richard, one of three killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, at Garvey Park in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Richard, an 8-year-old from Boston's Dorchster neighborhood, was among the dead in blasts that also injured his mother and sister. Photographer: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

First there was the horrific attack at the Boston Marathon, followed closely by news of multiple poison-laced letters sent to Washington, DC. Yesterday, we saw the Senate ignore the pleas of 90 percent of the population and vote to protect the NRA, and last night, we all watched as a fertilizer plant in Texas erupted in a deadly fireball. Even if you were nowhere near the actual disasters, chances are you’ve felt a great deal of fear, sadness, and confusion in recent days. It’s been a rough week, to say the least. The rest of The Frisky staff and I wanted to put together a list of small ways to help us all get through this intense time. Please feel free to add your own tips in the comment section, and here’s to a calmer weekend…

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