As I sit here cuddling with my baby girl I realized how blessed I am. In the wake of all that's happened in this world recently with the shootings - specifically the one in CT. I am truly grateful for my baby girls and my family.
Mike and I have what we thought was a tough year with our remodel going the way that it did. But as I was meeting with lawyers, the contractors, calling subs, finding out all the times we had been lied to I was reminded all the time that things could be worse.
This year we were able to watch Gabby - our sweet big girl grow up into the wonderful and joyful child that she has become. While she has her moments (I mean what adults don't), her smile always brightens someone's day. A mom at daycare said to me just last week that she looks forwards to Gabby's smiles because she always has one on her face.
We welcomed our sweet little girl Olivia into this crazy world and it's definitely a bright spot in all this sadness. While I am not able to spend as much time home with her as I want, I need to instead enjoy the weeks I do have with her. Enjoy the cuddles and coos' she gives me. Enjoy the smiles that she has - even though I am still convinced some of them are gas bubbles.
20 parents lost their sweet boys or girls and they will be forever 6 years old. I know there are a lot of parents that are hugging their children a lot harder. I know I was when I picked her up from school on Friday. I thank God that my family is healthy and safe, that I have a roof over my head, that both Mike and I have jobs (and jobs we enjoy) and that we have money to provide for our family.
I pray that our society can find ways to stop this violence. That we can help remove the stigma surrounding mental illness. That we can reach out and help those that need it and not just push them off to someone else to deal with. My extended family has been having to deal with mental illness this year and it was not an easy road for them. We as society should help those that need it not turn our backs on them. I don't have the answer, if I did I would be taking it to congress, to mental health resources, but there are people in the fields that know what needs to be done and we really need to figure it out before more people suffer.
I pray that the families of these little children can find peace and be able to move through their pain, as I know they won't be able to get over it. Especially when it seems so un-sensible.
I pray for the family of the shooter, the fact that he felt this was the only way and took his mother's life and his own.
Finally I pray for all those that have lost loved ones too early. Parents should not have to bury their children no matter the circumstances.
Mike and I have what we thought was a tough year with our remodel going the way that it did. But as I was meeting with lawyers, the contractors, calling subs, finding out all the times we had been lied to I was reminded all the time that things could be worse.
This year we were able to watch Gabby - our sweet big girl grow up into the wonderful and joyful child that she has become. While she has her moments (I mean what adults don't), her smile always brightens someone's day. A mom at daycare said to me just last week that she looks forwards to Gabby's smiles because she always has one on her face.
We welcomed our sweet little girl Olivia into this crazy world and it's definitely a bright spot in all this sadness. While I am not able to spend as much time home with her as I want, I need to instead enjoy the weeks I do have with her. Enjoy the cuddles and coos' she gives me. Enjoy the smiles that she has - even though I am still convinced some of them are gas bubbles.
20 parents lost their sweet boys or girls and they will be forever 6 years old. I know there are a lot of parents that are hugging their children a lot harder. I know I was when I picked her up from school on Friday. I thank God that my family is healthy and safe, that I have a roof over my head, that both Mike and I have jobs (and jobs we enjoy) and that we have money to provide for our family.
I pray that our society can find ways to stop this violence. That we can help remove the stigma surrounding mental illness. That we can reach out and help those that need it and not just push them off to someone else to deal with. My extended family has been having to deal with mental illness this year and it was not an easy road for them. We as society should help those that need it not turn our backs on them. I don't have the answer, if I did I would be taking it to congress, to mental health resources, but there are people in the fields that know what needs to be done and we really need to figure it out before more people suffer.
I pray that the families of these little children can find peace and be able to move through their pain, as I know they won't be able to get over it. Especially when it seems so un-sensible.
I pray for the family of the shooter, the fact that he felt this was the only way and took his mother's life and his own.
Finally I pray for all those that have lost loved ones too early. Parents should not have to bury their children no matter the circumstances.
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