WHY?

Today...this day...just an ordinary December day...a day to finish one's Christmas shopping... to purchase the Christmas turkey...humming along to Christmas music while  browsing the isles of Walmart...mentally checking off items on my "to do" list...

 I soon rounded a corner and before me a women appeared to be weeping...I slowly approached and asked if I might be of some assistance...she regained her composure  informing me that she had just spoke with her husband who had informed her of a horrific incident that was unfolding in Newtown, Conn.  She soon described what she had just  learned... a chill shuttered through my body...there are  no words to describe this unspeakable horror...parents have lost children and children have lost a  parent...their lives will never be the same...This evening, as I look at the Christmas lights, they do not seem to glow as brightly and singing along to Christmas music does not feel appropriate...it is difficult to make sense of such an evil act...perhaps there is none..tonight... my thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Newtown, may God bless you...