In Memoriam

When NaNoWriMo finally concluded at the beginning of this month (I competed.... I didn't do a GREAT job, but I'm proud I wrote more words than I though I would- pathetic, right? :D), I intended to use the blog title 'In Memoriam' for some kind of tribute to the many series I've concluded during this fall/early winter (and I will do that!!); now, however, I have to use it in a far more serious context.

On Friday (Dec. 14th), a terrible, terrible, horrible thing happened: a school shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The news of a mass killing isn't, sadly, a new one or anything; it seems like this year and last year we've heard more about these tragedies than ever before, or maybe I just feel that way because I've been paying more attention to the world, I'm not sure... I'm off topic, it seems -back to it, then.

For me, and I think for many people, what sets this event separate from the others is simply the victims: 20 six/seven-year-olds, and 6 adults, all killed over the period of two rooms in an elementary school. Now, I'm not saying the other killings (the movie theater shooting in Aurora Colorado over the summer, in example, and more) aren't tragic, aren't horrible and just as a senseless loss of life as the others, I'm not insinuating that by any means! However.... what's so poignant about the Sandy Hook shooting are the AGES;  6 and 7-year-old kids?!  What kind of disgusting sicko not only plans but carries out this heinous act of unwarranted violence? What is there to gain?! NOTHING!!

There is nothing that could have be gained from this, no prize, no anything.... but it still happened. The questions, or rather, the question -'WHY?'- cannot be fully answered, nor need it be. This (pardon the swearing) bastard's motive doesn't fix/change a thing; whatever his sick reasoning warranted wrongfully slaying these people, these children, will neither dry the tears the family members, friends, and the community have, and will continue to shed for these lives lost too soon, or bring these people back.



So, for all these people - for both the lost and the living- I'll be praying for you guys...



Over and out, folks.