My mom's thoughts...

My mom is brilliant.... and I am pretty positive this isn't the first time I have said this.... hahah
But she posted something about the shooting in Connecticut and it made me cry.  So I will share it with you.  Her thoughts:

so many, many posts on facebook...

so many, many reports on the news...

so many, many yahoo articles...

I COULD NOT PROCESS IT ALL!

then in the quiet of the evening

I shared with Keith of an article

that I had recently read

about a retired psychologist

who lived near the school

who looked out the window of his small home

and noticed 6 little children sitting in a circle

at the end of his driveway...

he had heard the gunfire

and the children quickly reported to him why they ran away
and why they couldn't go back to the school

so he brought them into his home

and called each parent to let them know;

he went upstairs to retrieve stuffed animals

and with Grandpa-like care
he offered them to the little kids

and gave them juice

one child clung to the toy animal and said little,

just peered out the window and waited for her mom

while others shared details of the horrors they witnessed

(which he would not repeat)

one by one the 2 boys and 4 girls were picked up by family

and when the house was empty of these six little ones

who had bravely escaped their school
 to find refuge

in the home of this elderly gentleman

a knock came at the door

and a young mom looked into his face

and asked,

"I am looking for my son.  I heard a few children ran for safety and came here...
is my son one of them?"

tears flowed 

as he had to tell the mother

that her son's name was on the list of victims.

And then I sobbed.  And sobbed...

and I said to Keith,

"I can't get out of my mind what the children kept repeating to their teacher

while they were huddled in the closet:

'I don't want to die.  I just want Christmas.' "

Well, for those of us who have a clear understanding

of what this holiday is all about

then these sweet souls

surely have what they wished for

they now have

CHRIST(mas)

in all it's glory and delight!

Merry Christmas little children.
And...
peace
to
your
families.

Thanks mom for your wise words and thoughts.