Countering The Evil

     I can hardly think about the horrible events today in Connecticut.  I spent the day at work either with goosebumps or tears in my eyes, or both.  How can we feel safe in a place where things like this happen, over and over again?  My heart goes out to the families of the victims and the survivors as well.  We want to send our children to school, and want to KNOW that it is a safe and nurturing place for them to be.  When something like this happens, it is hard to believe that it is so.
      I want to find some meaning, create some meaning when experiencing evil like this.  But we can't, can we?  There is NO meaning.  
     The next best thing, the thing that helps, and, for me anyway, takes some of the sting away from my sadness, my urge to dwell on the negativity and pain, is to hold my lovely daughter closely, and to create some joy in this world where it is hard to see that there is much at all, on a day like today.
     Christmas has been barreling up on us, almost too fast to stay abreast of it all.  Today, in a spirit of trying to create an antidote to our sad day, Bryce and I hung up our outdoor lights.  It's a small gesture, but it is a BALM.
     Try to find your antidote, folks, and hold your dears ones tightly.  I don't know of any other thing that helps.