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Silent Night
SNL opened the show last night without a sketch. Instead, a children’s choir sang “Silent Night” in tribute to the young victims of the Connecticut school shooting. It is beautiful. However, I am not sure you needed the kids to shout “Live From New York, It’s Saturday Night.” Producers should have just faded to black then started the open. Some people say the show should have been postponed. I think about those children every time my 5-year-old walks into a room. I think we needed a laugh, to take our minds off the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary. Watch this video on YouTube
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Heartbreaking
My heart is racing watching the news of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. There are reports of at least 26 people dead including 20 children. It it beyond comprehension how anyone could do something like this. I volunteered in my 5-year-old’s classroom yesterday. At this age children are so innocent. They take joy in things we take for granted. I can’t stop thinking about how scared the children inside the Connecticut school must have been. Were they coloring, learning the alphabet, or reading a story when this monster entered the school? We drop our children off at school and trust they will be safe. I am…