Innocents Lost

     This Friday the world cried in grief over the loss of many innocent souls and their educators who loved them.   We grieve with their families and try to make sense of what has happened to the little ones, knowing there is no sense to it at all.  

     God wept, knowing it was not their time, knowing they had so much yet to do, and  he sent his very best angels to collect the souls of his children; the angels swept down from the heavens with all the love, care and grace of God to gather these babies and bring them home to his warm embrace and his love so magnificent and comforting, was wrapped around them.  The souls that had gone before them waited to escort these innocents and the adults that tried to protect them, but perished with them, into the hands of God. While they waited, they wept for  us here on earth, knowing the pain and grief that tore though the families that lost their beloved children and for the nation and world that lost their innocents. 
     As we say goodbye, we as a nation must look to ourselves and ask; how can we prevent this from happening again?  We must be thorough and diligent in our search for answers knowing that each time a tragic event like this occurs, it imparts a terribly toll on humanity. 
     We all must safeguard and take responsibility for all our children.  
     As we continue to grieve, a fitting tribute during the Holidays, would be to extend a hand to those that are hurting, to reach out and embrace a stranger, to perform random, annonymous acts of kindness and generosity, to watch over and care for one another; through love and forgiveness we can find healing.
   Mary Ellard