Unbelievable tragedy that I believe has rocked our nation to the core. I work with troubled teens most of whom have been
neglected, abused and or abandoned. I was with them when the news broke and my heart sank, my eyes filled with tears.
All I wanted to do was go home and get my 6 y.o. grandson from school and hug him. I new he was safe and chose to
stay with the girls who have very few healthy people in their lives. Many of them deal with tragedy as if it is common.
My throat has a lump in it as I type. I believe, as I'm sure many do, that Our children are our most precious gifts. We
never know how long we will be with them. We are gifted by their unconditional love. Somehow and for unknown reasons
some of our "precious gifts" never get what most of us have taken for granted in our lives. I am amazed an humbled by
what the children I work with choose to share with me and what they are working to overcome. My heart is broken today
for the extreme sadness of Newtown, CT.
I don't know many children with autism or aspergers but those that I do know do not seem to have the propensity to carry
something like this out. It appears to me that Mental illness would be at the root of this and I agree with the others that
more must be done in our society to support awareness on this condition. So many still treat it like a dirty secret. When
we can accept that it just is another disease that should not be judged or have stigma attached it seems we will be heading
in a different direction than we currently are.
Thank you for allowing me to vent. this is just one person's opinion who spends my days with beautiful children with
broken spirits. The loss of 20 beautiful, healthy children at the hands of one broken spirit is overwhelming to me!!
neglected, abused and or abandoned. I was with them when the news broke and my heart sank, my eyes filled with tears.
All I wanted to do was go home and get my 6 y.o. grandson from school and hug him. I new he was safe and chose to
stay with the girls who have very few healthy people in their lives. Many of them deal with tragedy as if it is common.
My throat has a lump in it as I type. I believe, as I'm sure many do, that Our children are our most precious gifts. We
never know how long we will be with them. We are gifted by their unconditional love. Somehow and for unknown reasons
some of our "precious gifts" never get what most of us have taken for granted in our lives. I am amazed an humbled by
what the children I work with choose to share with me and what they are working to overcome. My heart is broken today
for the extreme sadness of Newtown, CT.
I don't know many children with autism or aspergers but those that I do know do not seem to have the propensity to carry
something like this out. It appears to me that Mental illness would be at the root of this and I agree with the others that
more must be done in our society to support awareness on this condition. So many still treat it like a dirty secret. When
we can accept that it just is another disease that should not be judged or have stigma attached it seems we will be heading
in a different direction than we currently are.
Thank you for allowing me to vent. this is just one person's opinion who spends my days with beautiful children with
broken spirits. The loss of 20 beautiful, healthy children at the hands of one broken spirit is overwhelming to me!!