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Life goes on
“Why do you keep kissing me?” my 5-year-old giggled before he left for school this morning. I had a pit in my stomach and wanted him to stay home. I couldn’t tell him. He doesn’t know about the children in Connecticut. My son still thinks school is a safe, fun place and that is how it should be. We cannot live in fear. We can grieve for the innocent children and adults murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I think about those babies every time I look at mine. Of course, we can and should continue to pray for their families, but life must go on. I overheard a woman…
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Connecticut Shooting
He wanted you to know and say his name. Don’t give that monster the satisfaction. Instead, remember: Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Olivia Engel, 6 Josephine Gay, 7 Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6 Dylan Hockley, 6 Madeleine F Hsu, 6 Catherine V Hubbard, 6 Chase Kowalski, 7 Jesse Lewis, 6 James Mattioli, 6 Grace McDonnel l, 7 Emilie Parker, 6 Jack Pinto, 6 Noah Pozner, 6 Caroline Previdi, 6 Jessica Rekos, 6 Avielle Richman, 6 Benjamin Wheeler, 6 Allison N Wyatt, 6 Victoria Soto, 27 Rachel Davino, 29 Dawn Hocksprung, 47 Mary Sherlach, 56 Anne Marie Murphy, 52 Lauren Russeau, 30
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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…