You come here to find deals, not to hear me get emotional or talk current events. But today, kids and teachers in Newtown, Connecticut went to school to learn and teach, not to be shot. I can’t stop crying about this.
I’m a wife of a public school teacher. The mother of two kids under 5. My heart aches today for people I’ve never met and who live 3,000 miles away, but who could have easily been my neighbors or friends.
I just keep thinking about the Christmas presents under the trees in Newtown that will go unopened this year. Thinking about the parents who have just lost their worlds. And for the tortured soul who felt so lost in this world that he felt the need to take the lives of others. What a tragedy. There are no words.
I won’t be posting deals today, because frankly I don’t see the point. I don’t really want to do much at all, really. Besides be with my children and mourn for the families and children of Newtown.
In the following days the details of this tragedy will surface. I hope that as a nation that we don’t forget this, that we don’t just mourn and move on – but we seek changes and take actions (whatever they may be) to keep this from happening again. Our kids should be able to go to school, the mall, the movie theater and be safe. We need to do whatever we can to make this happen. Our kids are counting on it. Their lives and innocence are counting on it.
#PrayForNewtown
Melissa says
I have cried every single day since this happened. I am so incredibly horrified, I don’t think I can stop crying. My daughter is 6 and in first grade. I just can not imagine ever recovering from something like this…I feel so incredibly bad for those parents and I think about their children all day…Its Christmastime and I feel guilty being happy, knowing how much they are hurting. Those poor children, how terrified they must have been, how they will never have another christmas morning…its such a nightmare.
Heather says
Me too Melissa. Hasn’t been a day since Friday that I haven’t cried for those families. It is tragic.
Jennifer says
It is so terrible. I have 2 babies and I can’t stop crying about this. I am already too afraid to take them to the mall. Now this. It is overwhelming. I wish there was a way to get through to people before they hit their rock bottom and take it out on innocent people. It scares me so much because I know there are so many people out there walking around with anger and depression and there is no way to know who is close to doing something like this. The media keeps talking about warning signs, but so many people have these, so what are we to do about it?
Charlene says
Such a devastating tragedy in our nation. I live in Oregon near the Clackamas Town Center, where just last Tuesday a gunman killed several people in a rampage massacre, and traumatized many others. I was shopping in the area, and I thank God Almighty I didn’t go to the mall.
I have grieved and cried over the innocent children and faculty killed today. I have been praying for the town of Newtown, and for our nation. We live in a day of horrific violence. Keep praying for the Lord’s protection over your city, schools, homes, loved ones.
Rev. Charlene Poehler
Linda says
Beautifully said.
Monica says
Well stated friend!
Jaylene says
Wonderfully said. How heart breaking. It is an unimaginable tragedy.
Stacy says
This is a sad week for our country. I was at work and couldn’t stop crying. Our babies are not safe anywhere. My company has a store in that community. When our corporate office where i work got final word that all their babies were safe we at least we’re able to get a sigh of relief. Just to bad the other 20 parents of the shot children didn’t get that chance. I’m the mother of a 2 year old I just wanted to leave and cuddle my baby.
This week at the clackamas shooting it has really hit close to home. My best friend was leaving to go to the mall. As she was getting her daughter in the car her husband called to say he was getting off work early and he wanted to go to the zoo. If she didn’t get that call and stay home who knows what would have happened. Around the time of the shooting she would have been getting her daughter a Jamba Juice right were the 3 people were shot.
Stacy says
Thank you for your honest words. Hug your kiddos tight.
Dina says
Beautifully written.
NWGardener says
Thank you for taking a moment to stop life as usual, coupons and on-line deals to mourn this terrible loss to so many. No parent can know this loss except those who are living it now. We should take some time to pray for the parents who are sufferring in ways we can only imagine. I pray Jesus Christ comforts the grieving with a special knowledge that the lost ones are in His hands now and He will care for them until they are all together again. Amen.
Keri says
Thanks for your honesty, Heather. We get it. I teach reading half time, and came home from pajama day to hear the news. Deals will wait. We need to take time with our families, and to mourn as a nation. And then we need to keep investing in our communities and our children to create the kind of society where kids are safe.
Donna says
I have been in tears on and off ever since I heard the sad news this afternoon. As a mother of two little ones that are in school, I just can’t imagine how those that are affected feel. They are in my prayers.
J.J. Ordway says
I just now sat down to look at the news and check email etc. I haven’t stopped weeping. I can’t help but see things the way you put them, they could be just as easily my neighbors and friends. A mother’s worst nightmare.