15 December

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Revelation 21:4

Today, I was going to be doing some Happy, Fun craft, tradition  or baking related Holiday post, but that just doesn't feel right for this day.  Yesterday, Friday was just one of those days we seem to be having all too often during my life time when you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news.   It was a good Friday, two of my very important meetings had gone well, really well in fact.  I had a printer installed in my office at work (FINALLY!) that I had been waiting for.  I said, "Today, Must be my lucky Day" a few times.  Lucky indeed. I was going to leave, going home to get my loves off the bus (which is lucky and unusal for a Friday....that I would get to see them in the evening since I usually work.), when I got a text from Josh:

Our Hearts were heavy last night and today.......we found ourselves turning the news on and back off when the sadness became to much to bear.  We are left with so many questions of how this could happen in such a "safe place".  We thought about how our elementary school doors go unlocked.  We prayed , we lit candles,we hugged them tight.  We felt our vulnerability as parents, americans, humans. Bringing up small children, We wondered how we can best protect them.   We examine our own lives, what we treasure most and how we can adjust our perspective.  There are no words to give the parents whose children did not come home today.  We pray that  those close to this tragedy be given comfort in some way. You are continually in our thoughts as we go about our days.

"Tragedy urges us to honor life by connecting even more deeply with each other- to locate our fiercest compassion, to do the soul-work required to endure unbearable grief in times of suffering. We can hold our families and communities close, share our vulnerable hearts, light the candles, sing the old songs, beat the drums, to raise the vibration of human consciousness and our potential for healing."

~Pixie Campbell