Remembering...

How and what to write after the tragedy that  occurred this past week?  So much has been written and by individuals who are far better writers than I can ever  hope to be; unfortunately there has also been a lot written by individuals who simply should keep their opinions to themselves. I do not wish to join any bandwagon, I want to remember and grieve the lives that were lost, and simply remind myself  and anyone else who wants or needs reminding, life is short, our children are precious and we must cherish and love every minute that we are permitted to spend with them.

As a parent myself, I simply cannot comprehend the pain and anguish those 20 families are experiencing, I hope to never experience a fraction of that pain.  The only comfort I can provide from my living room, as I sit here counting my blessings and suffocate my children even more than I usually do is do my best to ensure that all the lives that were cut short on Friday will not be forgotten.  Your lives were cut short but you were valuable, you will be remembered.

These are the adults who lost their lives:

Rachel Davino
Dawn Hochsprung
Nancy Lanza
Anne Marie Murphy
Lauren Rousseau
Mary Sherlach
Victoria Soto

And here are the children:
 
Charlotte Bacon
Daniel Barden
Olivia Engel
Josephine Gay
Ana Marquez-Greene
Dylan Hockley
Madeleine Hsu
Catherine Hubbard
Chase Kowalski
Jesse Lewis
James Mattioli
Grace McDonnell
Emilie Parker
Jack Pinto
Noah Pozner
Caroline Previdi
Jessica Rekos
Avielle Richman
Benjamin Wheeler
Allison Wyatt