There are no words. Yesterday we saw 17 more lives taken to senseless violence and rage. My thoughts and prayers are with each and every individual impacted by this tragedy; I cannot even begin to understand. I pledge to work every day to reach out to those around me, be kind, and fight to make a change in the small ways I am able. We cannot sit back and let these things happen any longer. We must be the voices against violence and believe that we can live in a better world than we live in today.
Yesterday was also a day to celebrate love, Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent in the Christian tradition), and my mother’s birthday. Oh, what one day can hold…
Lent is a time to reflect and change and Valentine’s Day is a day to remember and be grateful for the people you love… let’s remember all the people close to our hearts as well as be thankful for those strangers that we pass on the street. We never know what someone is going through, and after a tragedy like yesterday, we are reminded how fleeting our lives can be. We should make every moment count.
This season of Lent we should focus on giving up apathy, giving up hatred, giving up those small negative thoughts in our minds and loving more fully, more openly, and more honestly.
I am extremely grateful for a mother who has sacrificed so much for me. I am extremely grateful for the friend that I was blessed with at birth. She has taught me so much about what it means to be a strong, beautiful, loving, and dedicated woman. I hold her a little tighter today.
May every person know that they are loved. May every person mourning the loss of someone they love know they are not alone in this. I will fight to make tomorrow a little brighter and the future a little clearer. Despite what the world wants us to believe, I have faith in humanity. I have faith in us. I have faith in tomorrow. Let us stand amidst the rubble and have faith in each other as we rebuild. Let us stand together. United.
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