My heart is in tears today. Yesterday's tragedy in Connecticut hit a little too close to home for me and my heart has been breaking for the families who have lost loved ones. When Jim called and told me about the school shooting... and that it had been Kindergarten classes... I broke. That's my little Dixie Jean. I cannot fathom receiving news that she would never be coming home to me again. That I would never see her smiling face as she hops off the bus. I immediately cried tears for all those moms who were experiencing that pain. I cried for the families who lost parents. I cried for all the students who had to experience that terror and panic. Christmas presents that will never get opened. A season of peace ripped apart with violence. And I even mourned for the mad shooter. I do not know him, his presence of mind, or anything that led up to this insanity. But I know he must have been in a very sad place in his life to do such a thing. And I hurt for him too... wishing he could have been given a hug.
Today I am so thankful for my family. I'm thankful we were able to spend last night having good family time together. We are trying to shelter our kids from the news of this tragedy (especially Dixie as I don't want her to be afraid to go to school or feel like it is not a safe place), but I hug my children and try to let them know just how much I love them. I watch them as they play with each other and run through the yard and my heart breaks with joy at the piece of heaven they are to me. I feel so blessed to have my family safe and around me.
But I cry for those who no longer can.
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Amen...it is sad that it sometimes takes a tragedy to remind us of the importance of eternal things that we too often take for granted. Yeh...sad...and yet, always hope because of a little babe born in Bethlelhem.
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