The Unimaginable...
I never thought I would hear of or be so close to such a tragedy - Sandy Hook School Massacre. We live only 15 miles from this sleepy town that has now become a very "famous" town on all the news channel, but most importantly a town of great sadness and mourning. These past few days, I have experience a range of emotions since hearing of this horrible, unthinkable tragedy. As the events unfolded on Friday and Saturday, we were glued to the tv...waiting to hear the answer to the question we were all asking ourselves "why"? As I prepared to go to sleep each of these past nights, it has been extremely difficult to "quiet" my mind and not think about the young children that died. To not think of how their families are trying to cope with the fact that their little one is gone forever. To have to endure this holiday season without their child. To try to understand "why" God would let this happen. I keep searching for the answer to that question, but it never comes. I don't know if we will ever have a "true" answer to that question of "why". It is so hard for me to even wrap my mind around the mental state of a person who would commit such a horrific thing...what drives this person to go there?
It just makes me so so terribly sad for both sides of this tragedy. For this young man who apparently had mental issues that were never addressed appropriately, for a mom who appears to have tried her best, that she knew how, to care for him, for the children and teachers who died that day - so innocent and naive, for the first responders who arrived and had to deal with what they saw - may their hearts and minds begin to recover and find some peace in time, and most of all the families of the victims who have to live with the fact that their love ones are gone forever and will always carry the memories of that day.
Dealing with our infertility over the years and the loss of two pregnancies was so painful for me and at times I didn't know if I could pull myself thru it, but this to me is pain beyond what anyone should have to endure.
It just makes me so so terribly sad for both sides of this tragedy. For this young man who apparently had mental issues that were never addressed appropriately, for a mom who appears to have tried her best, that she knew how, to care for him, for the children and teachers who died that day - so innocent and naive, for the first responders who arrived and had to deal with what they saw - may their hearts and minds begin to recover and find some peace in time, and most of all the families of the victims who have to live with the fact that their love ones are gone forever and will always carry the memories of that day.
Dealing with our infertility over the years and the loss of two pregnancies was so painful for me and at times I didn't know if I could pull myself thru it, but this to me is pain beyond what anyone should have to endure.
It is a tragedy that has touched so many people for so many reasons. :(
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