An ATTEMPT at Writing

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

 Like many the world over, I’m having to type and see through tear-filled eyes.  If I miss a key and mistype, I’m sure you’ll forgive me - after all, your eyes probably aren’t clearer than mine.

I’d been working on a few online projects all day and, literally, just went to CNN.com.  I can’t tell you how much I wish the main headline had been about Sanjaya and his hair or Imus and his mouth.  Unfortunately the headline was far crueler.  32 are dead and 29 injured after a gunman at the University of Virginia Tech chained a classroom door and opened fire on the class.  I can only imagine the horror that these students endured.  Or the hell that was on the other end when unsuspecting parents answered a call from Virginia. 

I’m speechless.  What can you say when you know that so many hearts are absolutely broken and lives shattered.   My daughters are, each, within 20 feet of me right at this second - yet there are mothers who will never see their little girls or little boys ever again.  (And, trust me, they’re always our little girls and boys.)

Please remember all of the moms, dads, grandparents, sweethearts, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends, in your prayers.  They’re all looking for answers to questions that don’t HAVE any answers and for comfort for wounds that will not be comforted.   Pray for all of them daily, because they’re going to need it. At times like this, God is the only one who can help.

With love and a broken heart,

Emily, Brittany, and Stephany’s mother