Friday, December 14, 2012

Another tragedy has befell our nation once again, too sad...


The count of dead is twenty-eight of which twenty are too young to have their lives cut so short, just babes in an elementary school that should have held them safe from this sort of thing. Six adults were teachers and school employees, one was the shooter himself, and another victim was found at a relative’s home in a town nearby. This all happened, not in a big city, but in a small town in Connecticut called, Newtown, with a population of merely 26,000, about the same size of the one I moved from in NJ. And one brother of one of the survivors in an interview said the worse crime they have had previously was cars having things taken out of them. A little bit of horrific reality check of how devastatingly things can change in a blink of an eye. Another reminder to never ever take our loved ones for granted. But with that said, most psychologist say that overly interacting with your children now may cause them to wonder what’s up, better to not allow the young ones to watch the news of this, since they need to feel safe and too many questions without answers could rock their lives negatively. I am the first person to feel honesty is always the best policy, but in the case of children I found out that it has to be age appropriate or at least intelligence appropriate, many children are more mature at different ages to handle things better than others; small doses, as with any bitter pill. As a parent it is always your own call, but you knew that. My fear is for those survivors who might have seen what actually transpired, no way to ever wipe that from your brain, years and years of intensive psychological counseling and even then… my heart cries for all of them. The information is being gathered still and has been speculated too much with incorrect info getting out before verified. What I have told you is what the local law enforcement has given out over the TV. They are still not absolutely sure who the shooter was, at first they said one person and then his brother… more exacting information should be available as the investigation continues. We as a nation lost so many possible presidents, doctors, nurse, teachers and who knows what these children would have become, it hurts all of us knowing the fact that their families will never see their dreams realized… our condolences go out to each and everyone of them. As a parent that to me is the most unimaginable misery, our children are supposed to outlive us, not us them. On that too sad note, now more than ever allow me to wish all of you to try to have a happy good night. I know it’s hard, but for your own babes and remind you to kindly count all those blessings and share all those overages and we will too! And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

Which way will the war go?

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