I wish praying was enough. I wish praying was enough when parents have lost their first graders to gun violence, when moms can't get mental health services for their kids, when our own kids ask "why?".
I wish my prayers gave comfort to a dad this morning who is trying to explain to his 3 and 4 year old daughters why their big sister died.
I wish there were enough candles to light up the homes that are swamped with a darkness that is internal and feels eternal.
Everywhere I look this morning, Facebook, the newspaper, emails, people are asking "why", are raging against the unfair and the unthinkable. Everyone is wondering, "what will make a change?".
I send you my prayers. I light a candle for you. I hug my own child tightly, more tightly than she would prefer. I thank God for sparing my child from disaster. I will try harder to be the change that we all want to see in the world.
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