Honoring The Lives Lost In Newton, CT

This morning

 as I made my coffee 

 I heard

tiny footsteps coming down the stairs.

My son, who is 7 said

 "did Elway(our elf) move, mom?"

and then he said

"8 more days!"

 

On Friday and throughout the weekend

 I kept thinking,

 "this could have been my child."

 

I am heartbroken.

And at a loss for words.

 

The parents of these innocent and beautiful children 

didn't get to hear those footsteps coming down the stairs or the hallway today,

excited for school and the holiday ahead.

I thought about them all morning, as I am sure most of you did too.

It is hard to imagine the depth of sorrow and grief these

parents(& their families) are going through today

and will continue to go through in the days ahead.

 

And their teachers....

Brave.

Courageous.

To have put themselves in harms way to save the children.

Heroes.

 

 I keep asking myself,

how could this have happened?

How could these children and these teachers not be safe in their school?

 

 

We ALL need to ask ourselves what 

NEEDS to change,

so something like this NEVER happens again.

 

That is what we can do to honor these children and teachers who

lost their lives so tragically in Sandy Hook Elementary School,

on Friday, in Newtown, CT.

 

I had planned to share more of my

Recycled Christmas Projects

but....

in light of these events,

I wanted today's post to be about honoring them and their memory.

 

I will continue to pray for these families and this town

as they are forever embedded in my heart and soul.

-Jen