http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15911507-an-emotional-obama-they-had-their-entire-lives-ahead-of-them?lite
This is the most human I've ever seen President Obama.
I wish I had more to say, but my heart is absolutely broken. I've been a horseback riding instructor for years and I love each and every one of my girls as if they were my own. Although I may only be legal in the sense that I can drink a beer or buy a lottery ticket, nowhere near thinking about my own family someday, I hope to at some point hold my children a little tighter, love my family and friends a little more.
These children, affected by this tragedy or not, are our children and what sort example are we setting? My worst fears as an eventual mother have come true. I can't think of a single thing that can console the parents of Newton, CT, but know that the human race can't be given up on. For every lost, wicked, twisted soul, there are more than enough good ones.
Love your family. Love your friends. Believe in your fellow man. It is dark now, but there will be a better, stronger tomorrow.
I am significantly older than you and I haven't felt this kind of pain since 9/11. Prior to that I felt this pain in 1999 (Columbine).
ReplyDeleteI am finding it harder and harder to think that this darkness will lift.
I look to you right now for Hope. I am running low.