Thoughts on the school shooting...

[cairistiona]

My heart is broken, and my prayers go out to the families, the parents, the loved ones, and to the first responders who are working this horrific tragedy. I have been struggling all day to find words, to find eloquence and just can't, so here instead are words from writers who have the eloquence I lack.

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too?  - William Blake

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. - J.R.R. Tolkien

Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain. - Henry James

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[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Being a parent does add another facet to the sorrow, doesn't it.