I can't help myself, and I really don't want to, if it means that I should stop thinking about the kids, the parents, the school faculty, the first responders, the families, and the community surrounding the tragedy in Newtown, CT. Newtown. Hmmm, maybe we all need a new town, as in a new outlook on our world around us. We live in our little cocoons, sheltered from the things we don't allow in. Continue Reading...
Beautiful Innocence II
I just watched President Obama deliver a speech from Newtown, CT. I cried as he talked of our children and of parenthood. Then I cried a little bit more as he read the list of names. I imagined how it must feel to hear your child's name listed on that list. A name that Mom and Dad may have argued over, certainly they discussed the name many times. Maybe they didn't know if they were having a boy Continue Reading...