By Jueseppi B.
I have tried to be cheerful and get into the “Christmas Spirit“. I have decorated trees and strung lights for some elderly and disabled neighbors back in the states. I played all my favorite Christmas songs, over & over. I Tried telling myself this was a Christmas just like any other.
It’s not.
I have not stopped crying, at some point during each day, since December 14th, 2012. I have no control over the flow of unwanted tears.
These 27 families will share no joy, no happiness, no spirit of the holiday season……
- Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female (6).
- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male (7).
- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female (29).
- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female (6).
- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female (7).
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female (6).
- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male (6).
- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female (47)
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female (6).
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female (6).
- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male (7).
- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male (6).
- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male (6).
- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female (7).
- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female (52).
- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female (6).
- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male (6).
- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male (6).
- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female (6).
- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female (6).
- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female (6).
- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (30).
- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female (56).
- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female (27).
- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male (6).
- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female (6).
-Nancy J. Lanza, (52)
-Adam Lanza, (20)
I just can not find a happy place knowing that in Newtown, Connecticut, there is a deep pain that can never be eased or erased.
For some reason this massacre inside Sandy Hook Elementary School has done things to me that the other massacres have not.
Mother Jones says:
“Since 1982, there have been at least 62 mass murders (massacres) carried out with firearms across the country, with the killings unfolding in 30 states from Massachusetts to Hawaii.
Of the 142 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally. The arsenal included dozens of assault weapons and semiautomatic handguns.
Half of the cases involved school or workplace shootings (12 and 19, respectively); the other 31 cases took place in locations including shopping malls, restaurants, government buildings, and military bases. Forty four of the killers were white males. Only one of them was a woman.
The average age of the killers was 35, though the youngest among them was a mere 11 years old. A majority were mentally ill—and many displayed signs of it before setting out to kill. Mass murders represent only a sliver of America’s overall gun violence.”
A very special Hat Tip/Shout Out to Mother Jones and their article “A Guide to Mass Shootings in America”, which is where I found the above listed statistics. Please check out their full article at Mother Jones.
Needless to say, I can not stop thinking about America’s gun problems, and I can not stop feeling exactly what the friends, families and loved ones who lost human life in Newtown, Connecticut, are experiencing. I can’t get past that massacre. I can’t move on. I can’t stop cringing at the thought of the next one.
While stupid, egotistical, idiotic, morons at the NRA lay blame for Sandy Hook Elementary School everywhere but at the feet of the NRA’s corporate gun sponsors/manufacturers…..even more Americans have died since December 14th, 2012, at the end of a handgun or assault weapon.
Then there are your garden variety dumbass Americans who scream “2nd amendment rights” whenever a person falls dead from a gunshot wound. As long as that person that falls dead ain’t nobody they know or love.
In case you gun nuts have not read AND comprehended the 2nd amendment, please do so. That 2nd amendment does not give you, garden variety American citizen, the right to bear jack shit, let alone handguns & assault weapons. Go Google 2nd amendment, then read it…and remember…reading comprehension is fundamental.
Ok….I’m back to attempting to find this elusive “Christmas Spirit”.
I wish you & your family a wonderfully joyous Kwanzaa, Christmas & Hanukkah & a healthy, happy & prosperous New Year.
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Namaste.
See. I. Am. Trying.
Not working.
“A Guide to Mass Shootings in America” at Mother Jones
Will Your Child, Loved One, Family Member Or Friend Be Next?
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year. If You Are Alive.
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Jueseppi B.
