Another senseless tragedy
Yesterday, I was on my hand and knees scrubbing my baseboards clean. I was imagining my blog post for this morning and started writing it last night.
Then, I woke up and heard about the worst mass shooting in the US in history. A mass shooting at Las Vegas music festival. My blog post about how I feel about scrubbing those baseboards means nothing. It is what you call a first world problem.
For some reason today, I am in denial about this event. It was easier for me to put on mindless TV, turn off my social media for the day. Not ready to face it. I did the same thing when the planes it the twin towers. It was easier for me to bury my head in the sand. Coward. Yep. That’s me. I admit it. Not proud of it.
I am an avid concert goer. I would much rather go to a concert than a sporting event. I get teased about my love of concerts. I think it was easier for me to scrub my house today than to think about being scared the next time I go to a concert.
I hate this feeling. I hate that every time I get a on a plane I have a terror and I feel the need to check out every person that walks onto the plane. I hate that my favorite activity of losing myself for those 2 hours into my favorite music will now be tainted with even more fear.
Something is so very wrong with our society. I wish someone could make me understand these things. Why kill innocent children like Sandy Hook? How can you have so much hate in your own life to walk into a nightclub and fire your guns?
When I finally got onto social media, it was nothing but bickering back and forth. Gun control vs. 2nd amendment. People pointing the finger at Trump and his supporters. Bickering back and forth is not going to stop these events from happening. This country is so horribly divided and it hurts my heart. Instead of pointing the fingers at someone, why can’t we try to find a way to come together? No, we won’t always agree. Trust me, I admire the passion that my friends (and non-friends) express on a daily basis. I truly do.
I don’t see any reason for a human to have an assault rifle. I do think they need stronger restrictions for guns. However, I do think that if someone wants to hurt people they will find a way. People have mental breaks all the time.
This will be a short post. My heart is broken for the families. My heart is broken to know that mass shootings seem to be too much of the norm these days. My heart breaks for my children as these tragedies become so frequent.