I'm back and kicking

So it been awhile. Due to Google taking over blogspot I lost access to my blog about a year ago. Today, determined to start writing again, I mustered up the courage to regain control. After a series of loops---I found my way back in. Success!
The strange part is the last year of my life was the one most worth documenting. That was the year I moved to a new town and fell in love with the man that is now my husband. The process of falling in love---the spiritual journey and the inner personal thought of our coming-together has no record in my blog. Part of me was so consumed with the joys of life that I try to remind myself I wouldn't have blogged anyway---but I can't help but feel some disappointment in not capturing the joy of those times. I need to find joy in order to "re-joice".

I can't help but notice that tragedy and morning lead me to write. Hearing about the CT shooting today has absolutely spun my head in circles. It appears that we never really realize the value of life until it is stolen away.  Who dares take the lives of innocent children? Future athletes, musicians, doctors, lovers, scholar--they had their whole lives ahead of them and now the world will never be able to experience the greatness inside of them. No, they have been cut off, ripped off, and cheated--and their cries are echoed in the hearts of people across this nation. The tragedy that has taken place cannot even be fully realized. There is no atonement or justice for this horrendous crime. You can never give these youth back their priceless lives. It's just wrong--plain and simple. I used to excuse criminal behavior on the premise that they themselves must have been cheated and neglected as a child. I don't care what the mom of the shooter did to provoke her son to anger--she did not deserve to been shot along with her kindergarten class of students. This 24 year old man has no right to steal these lives. How dare he destroy the beautiful lives God has made? What could have possibly motivated him to do such a horrific crime? My heart goes out to all those family's and friends of those who were lost today. There is nothing that can be said or done to make this situation right.

It's days like today that we need to take a moment to realize the value of life--the life we live and the lives that are around us. Life is unpredictable and we must seize every day that we have with the ones we love. One day we all will be gone, and what will be left behind? Instead of saying all of your good-byes--let your loved ones know you realize their value.