What's wrong with the world these days...

As a parent, I have so many worries for my children...now another one added to the list! A shooter at a movie theater! What is wrong with people! Obviously something was really mentally wrong with this person and he needed help. Did anyone not see the signs....no one is blame but the person who committed this vicious attack, but you can't help but wonder could it have been prevented!
This is just so sad! My heart breaks for those families who have lost a loved one to this tragedy! One family lost a son who turned 27 the day they found out he was one of the deceased. I was reading about it on my computer while doing some work and Braedyn came in and read the title and of course started to ask questions about what happend. I had not had the TV on all day because I didn't know how I would explain it to the children and even if they would understand. Cooper and Jordan were sleeping, so Braedyn was with me in the office doing some homework. The sad part of it all, I had explained what happend and he was able to comprehend what I was talking about and could relate it to something they practice at school. Back when I was in school our drills included; fire drills and tornado drills. Now you can add lockdown drill to the school drills.
I happend to be at school one day when we had a "lockdown" drill. There I was,hiding with 20 kindergarteners in a corner of a classroom behind a corner of a wall with 1/2 of the class while the other 1/2 was hiding behind another partition. They were trying their hardest to be quiet and sit still for 20 minutes which seemed like forever to them! As I was sitting with these sweet innocent little children, a thought crossed my mind. What if this was real? What if someone came in here with guns blazing, a crazy person. This is scary stuff! We have to now practice lockdown drills in schools, in case an intruder comes into the school with a gun. We stayed in that corner until the custodian let the policeman in because the teachers lock all the doors to their classrooms. Then he tells us how we did. We passed!  Braedyn actually had a real lockdown when he was in kindergarten. There had been a bank robbery in Hillsborough at a bank not far from the school he was attending and the suspect was still on the run. They locked down the schools in the city for the safety of the children. When I drop off the kids at school, I make sure they give me a hug and kiss (well at least a hug now) and say I love you because of incidents like this and being aware things like this can happen, I want them to know I love them with all heart because what if something happens during the day and I am not there to protect them. I hate that I even have to have that thought in the back of mind, but this world can be a terrible place.
We never know when our time will come and we breathe our last breath and it may be the last time we see the people we love the most with all our heart. It can happen in a blink of an eye. I am sadly well aware of this fact, as I have lost many people throughout my short adult life.  Life is too short to stay angry or bitter. Life is too short not to love with all your heart especially to those close to us. We are on borrowed time from the Lord and we should take every opportunity to live life to the fullest. The life he has given us here on earth. Do not cheat him out of everything he has blessed you with. I remember watching a program about sports (yes of all things, and I think it was about Tim Tebow) it was said,"on your tombstone is the year you are born and the year you die. In between those years is a dash, I want that dash to mean something."
Sadness and Sorrow will come. Accidents can happen and your health can change, but then there are things that happen that no one can explain. We look for answers but there are none. You feel like there is nothing that can make it right and nothing that can explain such sorrow! Knowing God is with us can give us hope and peace.
" Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God;trust also in me." John 14:1 NIV
We pray for healing, we pray for understanding, and we pray that everyone comes together at this time of sorrow to help those that need a friend, a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen to the stories of their loved one, or just give them a hug.  We hug our children a little tighter tonight as we tuck them in to bed and we give a loved one a call to let them know we are thinking about them. 
We are a little bit more patient with our children today and use kind words, because we were reminded how quickly life can change.
"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33 NLT

With much Love,
Allie~