In Memory

picture thanks to facebook group.

32 students and possible faculty members are dead after a terrifying rampage. I don’t have many words at this time only to express my heartfelt sorrow and deepest sympathies to those affected by this horrifying event. I understand what you are feeling and experiencing at this moment. I have cried those tears. I have asked the questions over and over again.

I know your pain. I have lived those moments of fear where you do not know what is happening. The unknown can be far more dangerous and fear inducing than the truth that is slow in coming. In these moments know that even so many hundred of miles away I stand here feeling those emotions from eight years ago when Littleton became known for such a tragedy as this.

I feel anger at the loss of life. I feel horror at the impact this will have on the school, the community and in the end the nation. I feel sadness in knowing this is not the last school shooting to scar our hearts. I feel empty at being helpless to run to those in need and help. All I can do is pray and watch as the events continue to unfold.

Tonight we question, we theorize and we assume. We should question and search for the answers. But I believe we should not forget the lives lost and the pain that will be coming to surface in the next few hours, days and weeks.

Remember. …and pray. Pray for the families, the wounded, the lost and the community.

photo thanks to facebook group