Old Age Day by Day December 15, 2012

The headline today in the newspaper said, "Unspeakable", and it really is impossible to find words for such a tragedy.  As with 9/11, the deliberate cruelty and unimaginable suffering can only be met with silence, prayers, and tears.  And we know around the world unspeakable actions are taken against tiny children every day, so this event speaks to all the children, and all the adults to try, sometimes vainly, to safe them.  When I was working in safehouses I saw terror and confusion of children who had their fathers as the perpetrators of violence, and we counselors often talked about wanting to take home certain kids and never let them in that environment again, but this environment was a school, a safe, clean ordered school.  They were supposed to be protected.  As we think of our grandchildren, and the world they live in, far more dangerous than the one our kids experienced, we can only pray.  And maybe, sometime take on the NRA and the subject of gun control in a more heroic and selfless way.  We could speak out more, and demand our leaders bring up the subject that was avoided by both sides throughout the election process.  We are failing the young.