Ya know...
In the shadow of all the things I've seen, read & heard in the wake of this insane weekend in Orlando (namely the varied responses of the general public), I saw this today & thought, "Yes. This is a good summation of how I right now."
I can't begin to imagine the hellish voids to which the families of those 50 people (& of Christina Grimmie) will wake for the next days.. weeks.. years, knowing what they know and missing those beloved who are gone. There's nothing any store sells that will restore a loss of this magnitude. The deceased shooters will never even be punished with the physical sight of the families they ripped apart.
Am I praying for Orlando? You better freakin' believe I am. Do I believe prayer alone will compensate for what happened? Of course I don't. Do I believe though in the power of American unity? Abso-150%yes-alutely. To me, that says success. A country divided so resolutely on political, religious, (etc.) issues that will put that aside immediately to pick up the pieces of a tragedy like this - TOGETHER. THAT is success. That's what I'll tell my daughter happened: when evil made a statement, people still loved, and love won.
And that's what I want her to tell her friends about the adults in her life, especially her mother. Nobody sets a flawless example, but if I can raise at least one child to be a light in this crumbling world, and to love herself and others exactly where they are, then yeah- that's success.
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Just somethin' to think about today...
xo | cmd
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