Live Again

I have been a parent for almost a year now.  It's been full of scary moments... and I was already a fearful person.  The other day my baby fell while trying to walk and hit her face on the edge of the bed.  A nasty, swollen black eye appeared instantaneously and it took every fiber of self-control to not wail as loud as my daughter.

So when the unspeakable devastation occurred on Friday, I just about lost it.  I was a mess.  The tragedy realized my worst nightmare.  And it wasn't just me.  People who never imagined such horror were shaken to their cores.  The entire country has lost a bit of its innocence.

I can only say, that perhaps out of this atrocity our country will take steps to change for the better.  That maybe the lives that were lost can prevent future evil.  I have to hope.  I have to believe in tomorrow.  I have to, because even if I don't get to be around to witness a better world, I sure want my child to experience it.

I couldn't find a song today to express how I feel.  When I told Bruce, he suggested Foo Fighter's "Times Like These".  It just makes sense.  It's what we have to do, as individuals and as citizens.  We have to "learn to live again":

 

My heart and prayers go out to the victims and families of Sandy Hook.