While I normally don’t post on this blog because I’m just too
busy with day-to-day life, this week I’ve been intentionally silent. Mostly
because I just don’t have the right words to speak about the tragic events that
happened in Newton last week. But also because I am just so incredibly sad, I
was taking time to be quiet and mourn and think. Blogging about anything else
just felt wrong…
I’m not sure how something so terrible could happen and I
have spent so many hours thinking about how the United States can change things
so this never, ever happens again. I certainly don’t have the answers, but I
hope that this tragedy, yet another senseless mass shooting, is the final straw
that wakes everyone up and makes us take action. I am praying that by the time
I have children and send them off to school, I won’t have to be scared, but
instead can think back to the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary as the catalyst to
radical change that helped keep my babies safe. Maybe that is the only glimmer
of hope in this unfathomable situation. We can’t let the deaths of these
innocent children and heroic adults be in vain.
I’m praying for everyone affected by this tragedy. If you
want to help Sandy Hook, here are a few ways you can do so:
Send your condolences. Sandy Hook has set up a P.O. Box for such mail:
P.O. Box 3700
Donate to the United Way fund set up to
