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But the reasons why are not actually that comforting.

The idea of progress on the pool is comforting, Dodge said, given the idle state of the park’s pony rides and merry-go-round, both closed since 2022 for various reasons.

She spent the better part of that terrible day comforting a woman she would later learn was the shooter’s mother.

‘We want to know that people are not just eating, but eating foods that are comforting and that are giving us some sense of peace,’ one restaurateur and organizer said.

It’s a little sweet treat, comforting when the headlines aren’t and ruined just enough to feel like control.