I was talking with my nurse daughter the other day about how bizarre it is that the war in Ukraine is still going on. If this was a natural disaster or building collapse or other trauma, we and other first responders would immediately mobilize to stop the damage and render care to the casualties.

But here we are a month into this war and waiting on diplomatic and economic sanctions feels akin to putting bandaids on trauma victims while hospital administrators decide that maybe going to the OR is actually what they need.

Bandaids are in short supply, casualties are mounting…and the war goes on.

The president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appeared before many world leaders and governing bodies asking for help. His speeches are eloquent and are received with applause and standing ovations, yet…the war goes on.

I am not naive enough to think we “just go in there”.

Nor am I eager to send my kids and my friends’ kids into battle. I grew up during the Cold War and was a teenager when my dad fought in (and returned from) Vietnam. Some of my friends’ dads and brothers were not so lucky.

I do not take war lightly.

But what is to be done about the war criminal Putin? How can he be made to stop this horror? The cowardly bully clearly has no concern for the lives of anyone or anything.

I am not a negotiator or diplomat or military analyst; I do not have the answer.

But I hope to God someone does, because this needs to stop.