As I sat and watched the news today, I could not help but be saddened by the atrocities that occurred at the elementary school in Connecticut. As I'm sure all of you were.
I saw many posts today about hugging and loving your loved ones a little more today. To me this is something we should do every day. Do not let tragedies like this, be your reminder. Every moment of every day, fill your hearts with love and appreciate those who mean the world to you.
Unfortunately we live in a world with murder, rape, molestation, etc. Lives are destroyed every day in different ways.
I once wrote about how strange it is when your world stops and those around you keep living. Today I believe all of our worlds stopped, even if for just a moment.
And even in this darkness, light was able to shine through in the form of new life. My cousin had her baby boy today. A healthy, beautiful baby boy.
I remember when my grandfather passed away, I had a difficult time laughing, even smiling again. It felt like I was doing an injustice to his memory, if I did not mourn. This completely contradicted what he wanted of us. Before he died, he told us we had one week to cry about his death. When his wife, my incredibly strong grandmother, scoffed at this, he relented and gave us two weeks. He said that any crying after those two weeks, was just pure selfishness on our part.
I think it goes deeper than that. I believe when we live in a constant state of mourning, for whatever the reason may be...death, divorce, or shootings such as today's...we lose sight of the beauty and wonder that is living.
Today I rejoiced in the birth of my cousin's baby, and I did not stop for one moment and feel bad for living, laughing, and smiling today. It did not mean that my heart was not heavy for what was occurring in Connecticut, but simply put I was honoring each life that was lost today, by truly living mine.
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