Twenty Stolen Children

I am sick to the pit of my stomach...it has taken me two days before I can even begin to collect my thoughts and reflect on this immense and personal tragedy for not only Newtown Connecticut but the USA and humanity as a whole. Twenty six lives lost...twenty of these are first grade children....ripped from their families lives at an age when you see the promise of individualism...the opening definition of who these young people are going to become and what ignites their passion.

I remember Charlotte and Tom at this age like it was yesterday. Their sweetness, their chatty enthusiasm about their days at school, their friends, their excitement of birthdays, Christmas, school plays, a special day with Mum. Their morning ponderance of what they are going to wear and what they are going to do at the weekend. I can begin to fathom the loss and pain being suffered by the families by this heartless criminal act. How can these parents bear to wake up remembering they will no longer hear the voice of their special child.

Unfortunately gun control is not going to stop these tragedies. People who are insighted to kill will find a way of arming themselves regardless. Our only defense is an understanding of our children and families....their dark side and pain. We have to be better educated on the signs of anti-social behaviour...we need to make harsh decisions about the children that exbibit cruelty and hate....

I hope many of these parents believe in God, Angels or anything that will help make their pain less.

 

I am adding this link to a blog by Jeff Belanger who has a personal link to Newtown and writes a heartfelt essay.

 

http://www.jeffbelanger.com/blog/christmas-in-newtown-connecticut/#comment-48041