Sadness and Disbelief

Theresa and I just arrived home from Florida the night before and the next morning we were standing in our driveway talking to some neighbours. Grace our amazing neighbour arrived home from her work at the local school  as a crossing guard. She crossed the street and as she approached us I could see she was clearly upset. We gave her a hug and she looked us in the eye and asked if we heard of the terrible tragic event in the states. We said no and she blurted out the sad and tragic news of the pillage in the elementary school where 20 young, Innocent children were butchered.

Her eyes were filled with tears as she is a mother to nearly 700 kids at her school and the thought that this crime could be committed against Innocent kids was unspeakable. She turned and left expressing what justice would be for the man who committed this act.

Theresa and I were in shock and emotion welled up in my body and I was absolutely wordless. For the whole day I had these re occurring feelings and I was unable to write a blog to express my feelings. There are no words to express one's emotional response to such a tragic event. There are no answers to make you feel better. There is no way you can expect justice to be done as the man killed himself.

A nation weeps for the children, the families and everyone in  the community will be in shock for years and the world has witnesed another tragic event which will leave so many unanswered questions. People will cry out to ban guns but the guns did not kill by themselves, it was the man who killed. The USA has a problem with it's constitution and the National Rifle Association in regard to its right to bear arms. Guns are so available it is easy to carry out these mass killings almost at will.

These mass killings have become so regular both here and in Canada  and the USA that we wonder why. In  Canada we used to have a program for treating people with mental issues. Today in Canada the majority of homeless people suffer from treatable medical conditions. We closed nearly all our facilities which used to care for these sick people but a number of years ago we turned them out on the street. The treatment now is for these people to report every so often to receive their drugs and goodbye.

Until we are able to identify, treat and care for people with mental issues which make them dangerous to themselves and the public, these tragic events will be a regular news item.