There are so many thoughts and feelings rushing though me. And I don’t know where to start or how to find the words, so I thought I would share one thing that I do know. It doesn’t matter what side of the gun law debate or the mental health debate you are on. What matters most is that you want good things to happen. You desire a better life for children. The future demands that we talk, discuss, debate, persuade and raise our opinions in order to have our voices heard, but please remember that it is those voices that our children are listening to.
Careful the things you say, children will listen…
They hear when our opinions become so big that we are thoughtless and cruel with our words. They see our passion when our sense of justice is inflamed, but they also watch how we are willing to bully someone else in order to defend our position. It is so easy to want to be right at all costs–especially when the cost is this high. But I don’t believe that we can ever silence hatred with more hatred.
For Newtown we must find a way and if we do, the children will listen…
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