I will not live in fear

I will not live in fear!

I will not celebritize the senseless act that happened last Friday.

I will not let his disregard for life and the life of those little children break me down.

I will not spend my days looking over my shoulder.

I will not try to pretend that I understand what was going through that young man’s head for one moment.

How he could possibly have gotten to the point where he would shoot his own mother + then take his anger out on 6 + 7 year olds?

I will continue to uplift the families who are suffering in prayer.

I will remember to watch the last words I say to my children before I walk out my door each day.

I will continue to hug them + snuggle them every bit as much as I was already doing.

I will trust that God has a bigger plan in all this sadness even though I don’t understand it.

I will love more.

Hug more.

Say more.

Do more.

Be more.

So that when my time goes, I will have hugged, said, done and been all that I could’ve to everyone in my life so that they won’t ever wonder how I felt about them.

But what I refuse to do is live my life in fear! I will not let this young man scare me from leaving my home, my husband, my children + my loved ones.

To those suffering in CT + all around the world today our prayers are with you.