I didn't have my weekend post ready for this morning, and wasn't going to post anything until tomorrow.
And then I woke up this morning and after feeding my baby girl, went downstairs to pump and turned on the news to another tragedy.
I'm not sure what this world is coming to, but it needs to stop. I now fear ever bringing myself or Ella to any public place. No concerts, no movies....airports are dangerous, hell even schools aren't safe anymore. This isn't the world that I grew up in, and it's certainly not the one that I want my daughter to have to face.
Maybe you don't agree, but it's my opinion that we need stricter gun laws AND we need to have better services for people who are mentally ill. I know it's not all black and white in how to fix everything, but what I do know is that we can't keep going on like this!
My heart is heavy this morning. I don't want to wake up every morning wondering what place got shot up during the night, or hearing about the death tolls from a shooting the day before. It's too much.
I want to be safe. I want my kid and your kids to all be safe.
Praying for the victims in this senseless tragedy today....
I'm SO with you. During a night feeding of my l.o I read about this tragedy and my heart broke. It broke for how things are nowadays, it broke for the type of world I brought my little girl to. Where she can't go to school, play outside, go to concerts, live - without me worrying if she's coming home safe.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how to make any of this better - I have a feeling the type of people we need to worry about having access to a gun will always find a way to get it - laws or no laws - but something has to be done.
Amen, amen, amen. I truly don't understand why it's even controversial to want safer, more responsible gun control laws. Average citizens (especially the mentally ill) should NOT own automatic weapons. This is insane. I feel exactly the same way- it's a truly scary time to be raising innocent little ones into this world <3
ReplyDeleteAMEN. It's so scary that this is the world we are raising our children in.
ReplyDeletei totally agree. it's heartbreaking and i don't understand why it keeps happening. i don't know anyone who doesn't care, you know? so if we all care, why hasn't it changed? why hasn't it stopped?
ReplyDeleteAmen! I was so sad when I woke up to the news. When will we realize that no one, especially someone who is mentally unstable and has a record, should have a semi automatic rifle, let alone multiple ones! This is just such a terrible tragedy and I hate that we have to live in fear of this happening again and again at places we love to go.
ReplyDeleteI can't wrap my head around why these senseless acts keep happening. Definitely hugging baby girl tighter tonight <3
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It’s so hard seeing my hometown devastated by a senseless act of tragedy like this. I don’t understand it and I never will.
ReplyDeleteAMEN!!!! I live in the south and if you dare mention stricter gun laws down here people get all offended and immediately assume you're trying to remove their right to bear arms. Most of them even refuse to have the conversation and I just don't get it. We NEED stricter gun laws. How can anyone dispute that after seeing all of the tragedies that have occurred in the last decade? I was raised in a house without guns and we are currently raising our kids in a house without guns. While I respect people's choice to have them, I personally just don't like them, never have, and never will.
ReplyDeleteseriously yes. it seems like even something as sacred as my beloved concert venue - outside! - is not safe. we for sure need stricter gun laws and resources for mentally ill - yes yes yes. sigh. i don't agree with guns and i know many are v passionate about their rights but it cant be this easy to get machine guns, etc. i could go on and on. anyway my heart is with you friend
ReplyDeletexoxo cheshire kat
SO SO sad! Why on earth would someone do this kind of massacre and why does it keep happening for seemingly no reason at all. No words!
ReplyDeleteMy heart is sooo sad over this. I fear for my girls growing up in this world. WE visit Vegas all the time and this is just sooooo sad.
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