If you have any sort of connection to media, then you know about the tragedy that took place yesterday morning in a Conneticut elementary school. For some reason I can't separate myself from the news. I'm sitting here across the country, unfamiliar with the victims, and yet my heart is absolutely broken for each and every person in that town, and everyone elsewhere that has connections.
I can't even imagine what they are going through even now as I write this. Parents lost children, children lost siblings, several lost parents, and countless have lost friends, family members, and loved ones. So many people are going through the one thing that I dread most in this world and it brings me to more tears than I care to admit.
I wish so deeply that I could hear about every victims life to help keep their memory alive. I found one site that had a few of the victims pictures and seeing their smiling faces absolutely tore me apart. I don't even know these people so It might sound crazy for me to react this way, but I can't help it.
Nobody ever knows why someone kills, But I can't even fathom why someone would walk into an elementary school and kill innocent and helpless children. When columbine happened it was an act of revenge on students that had wronged them, but this act just leaves me almost speechless. Much like the killing at the Batman premier this year, it's so absolutely random and heartbreaking.
I know that there is nothing we can do to help bring back loved ones that were taken, but we can try and comfort the families to the best of our ability. Javi and I will be spending a portion of our time this evening making a card or two to send to Sandy Hook Elementary School. It's not much and our cards may very well be added into a sea of others sent from around the country, but it will hopefully show the victims family's that they are being prayed for, they are being thought of, and while they may feel alone, they have a country backing them up in this time of tragedy and loss.
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