This world can be very cruel and cold. And when everyone asks how God could allow something like this to happen, it aggravates me to no end. God didn't cause this to happen, he didn't bring his wrath down upon that school because CT allows gay marriage (as the Westburo Baptist church is trying to claim), No higher power had anything to do with this horrible event. No. This was the work of man, of one man, and of a troubled mind. We all get so caught up with the politics of it but that is truly the bottom line.
We are given free will and we choose as human beings to do right or wrong and our choices lead to our actions and our actions to consequences.
My heart morns greatly for all of the families that were devastated by this horrid act. I cannot even begin to put myself into the shoes of those mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. The pain, the anger, the sadness its all just so much.
I cannot imagine my world without my daughter. And, to lose her that way? I would have to be locked up. The anger that would fill me would be catastrophic. I posted on facebook before I knew all the details that if the police had the shooter in custody, the death penalty or life in prison would never do justice to what he did. I said that he would have to endure 15 mins a piece with the parents of everyone that he killed, including the adults. They would deal with him however they saw fit, only rule being that he couldnt be killed because he didnt deserve the easy way out.
I know its a spite filled comment but what he did was (in my opinion) well worth that form of punishment.
However, then I found out that he killed himself just before the police got to him. Its just not fair.
But-
That is this world. Things happen, good and bad. They are not always fair, Justice is sometimes never found, and people have to find closure other ways (if they find it at all).
What is most disturbing to me is that after this happened, people immediately started questioning our rights as Americans to own guns. The guns this man used were not registered to him, they were registered to his mother (whom he also killed). Guns dont kill people, people kill people and guns are not the only weapons of choice. There is a picture that one of my friends posted on facebook that is more accurate of what I believe should happen, especially because budgets for police officers, fire fighters, and other safety individuals are being cut to save the rich so much money.
Personally, I think the sign on the right would be more effective.
One of the stories of true heroism is of one of the brave teachers that lost her life that day. She made all of her students hide in cabinets and completely out of site and when the gunman walked into her class she told him that she sent them all to the gym, he shot her, and left. She died protecting her kids and she saved all of their lives.
The principle was also murdered, she apparently lunged herself at the gunman trying to take his weapon away to save those in the office and thats when she was hit.
A janitor went running down the halls warning the other classrooms about the gunman and in all of the camotion some one turned on the intercom letting every class hear what was going on in the office, which then saved so many.
People use to joke about metal detectors in schools but when its necessary its necessary. Schools of any kind, elementary all the way to college, are suppose to be safe places of learning and growing.
Here in America, we generally dont have issues like this, they are far and few in between which is why it is so shocking. However, in other countries this is a normal occurance, women get attacked for wanting to learn in some places, bombs are dropped on schools on purpose in others, and then there are schools that are raided to kidnap children and turn them into soldiers for wars of men and greed. I morn for all them. I am thankful for the fact I am blessed to not have to endure things like that, and ashamed because there is nothing I can do to help them.
Its twisted and it sucks but again its part of this world and in order to keep order, you have to not only focus on all of the ugly and the bad but try to see the good and the beautiful.
Its hard at times like this but you have to in order to stay sane, to maintain hope, to stay driven and motivated.
You can either focus on all the bad and the things you cannot change or you can live. Enjoy your life, be thankful for every moment, be thankful for what you are blessed with, for the people who bless you by being in your life, and remember that after every hurricane, after every thunderstorm there is a rainbow, there is always hope. Stay strong, stay driven, stay beautiful.
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