It is just not possible for me to let today pass without saying something about what happened yesterday.  Yes, I posted a Christmas gift post earlier.  It seems so frivolous compared to the events of yesterday.  But, I guess life must go on.  However, it does so with deep heaviness and sorrow in my heart. 

I cannot even begin to imagine what those parents and families are going through.  What the teachers and fellow students who were in the building are going through.  What the entire commmunity is going through.  And, let's not forget the brother of the shooter who lost his mother and his brother all in the same day while learning his brother was responsible for it all.  He bears such a heavy and deep burden.

Unfathomable.

I really have no words.  I just couldn't let this day pass without expressing my deepest condolences, my deepest sorrow, and my anguish at the loss of such young and innocent children.  And, I'd be lying if there wasn't a little bit of fear as well.

My first instinct yesterday was to drive to my kids schools and pull them out and bring them home.  I didn't really think another shooter was going to attack yesterday.  I just wanted them home.  I wanted to hug them and to see their faces.  I was also afraid that I was going to burst into tears the moment I saw them at pick-up time and scare them to death. 

What is happening in our world today where each new tragedy trumps the horrific one before it? 

Again, I have no words.

I am praying for the families, the town of Newton and our nation.  Peace be with us all.