Dark Times

I wasn't sure whether to post this or not, but my conscience decided that I can't just let the terrible atrocity that befell the community of the Sandy Hook Elementary School be kept aside from the Yule merriment on my blog. Despite being a Pagan believes in love and the positive, I just cannot keep silent on my disgust and horror at this...I don't even know what to call it. Massacre is a pretty good description.

You would think that after all the gun-related issues over the years (Columbine, Virginia Tech, the infamous movie theatre shooting last year, etc.) you would think that guns laws would have changed somewhat. Apparently not. I'm not going to give anymore of my opinion other than this small snippet: anyone can kill with a semi-automatic weapon; which is why they should not be available to anyone.

I hope that the parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, teachers, friends, neighbours, acquaintances, and any other persons that were affected by the shooting of those innocent children, their teachers and aides in their school can find a way to cope with their grief and sadness, and not feel the deep, dark depths of hatred that must be burning up in their soul as we speak. Hatred at what someone that did not care for the lives of others did to innocent people to vent their own inner-hate. They even took their own mother in the process.

We can only hope these occurrences will stop, once and for all. Life is just too precious.

As Saint Nicholas is one of the patron saints of children, I thought an image of him would be a small reminder of remembering the children that where taken with this tragedy. It's hard to say we love as well as we should, but love is the easiest and simplest thing we have to give.