Tribute to my brother
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My brother Paul died suddenly last September.
His death completely silenced me on social media. I wanted my next public
words to be a tribute to him and, ...
7 years ago
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Christmas presents
Hidden away with care and love, the lovingly wrapped presents remain secret and in delightful anticipation waiting until Christmas day when they can be revealed. The anticipation of the joy and delight you experience when your child receives their gift has been denied to so many and instead become unendurable pain. They will never see their excitement, their happy faces, or hear their laughter ever again. Those presents chosen with such care will remain unopened by their children. Instead parents and partners, uncle and aunts, grandparents and cousins will be grieving for the twenty six they have just lost. My heart goes out to those poor people in Connecticut who have lost something so precious at such a time of year and as a result, Christmas will never be a time of cheer for them ever again.
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It's absolutely heartbreaking...been shedding many tears for the families. As one news headline said, "Evil came to Newtown" yesterday.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame that some people have already started making political mileage out of this tragedy. It's a dreadful fact of life that a few distur bed individuals are driven to such action, leaving devastation for the families of their victims.
ReplyDeleteOur thoughts and prayers go out to the families -- you're right; they'll never be the same.
ReplyDeleteI can't even begin to comprehend what they are going through. My heart goes out to them all, including the family of the shooter.
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