This Is Not the Time to Pick a Side
The past two days I have sat and read, listened to and watched -- as I am sure many of you have -- news of another horrific shooting that occurred at what should have been a safe place. As you can only imagine, having lost my daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook School Shootings, I look at this event and others so similar to it from a different viewpoint.
As I watch, listen and read, all-too-familiar emotions stir in my soul. Feelings I have now spent years working on trying to understand re-emerge, and at this moment again seem beyond understanding. Unfortunately, the shock that comes from such tragedies quickly wanes; people unaffected return to their normal lives. I have seen in my own life, with my own eyes, and have felt in my own heart the long-lasting trauma that stays with you forever. And not only in my own life, but in those that are most precious to me and in those that are around me and others also so truly victimized.
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As I watch, listen and read, all-too-familiar emotions stir in my soul. Feelings I have now spent years working on trying to understand re-emerge, and at this moment again seem beyond understanding. Unfortunately, the shock that comes from such tragedies quickly wanes; people unaffected return to their normal lives. I have seen in my own life, with my own eyes, and have felt in my own heart the long-lasting trauma that stays with you forever. And not only in my own life, but in those that are most precious to me and in those that are around me and others also so truly victimized.
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