Cherish & live each day like it is your last

Last week Friday, there was a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. 26 people died, and 20 of them were children 6 years old. I'm sure everyone's heard it, but how can you not? It's always on the news, were hear about it everyday. Now schools are emphasizing more security. In my elementary school in my town, for instance, they only have one main door open, with someone there at all times, so you have to sign in, and all of the classroom doors are locked at all times now. Not with just schools, now people want better gun control then what we have now. Even celebrities are speaking out about gun control. In our state, if people have a license for their gun, then can carry it around with them everywhere they go, unless a business states otherwise that no concealed weapons are allowed in. And it is quite easy to get a gun and a license for it.

I understand that everyone wants more gun control and that some people are angry about the concealed carry arms law. The government, senators, governors, and most likely the president as heard everyone's views on this, so we should just let the government or any government official take care of this, even for a week or two. The past week, everyone's been talking about control, etc. But I think now, it time to stop talking about it, maybe for a week. With everyone talking about it, it reminds the parents in Newtown, what happened to their children that died. The parents get reminded everyday of what happened, from all the media, to everyone talking about it. We need to let them mourn. We need to let them mourn their precious children, who went to school like every other day, and died from a shooter. Yes, we'll talk about that day for months to come, but right now, we need to support and be there for the people of Newtown, who lost a loved one on that tragic day.

I can't even imagine what the parents of the children that died are going through. It's almost Christmas, everyone had their tree up, with presents under the tree for their children to open. But now, those presents won't get opened. they won't get to see the happy, excited look on their children's face when they open it. 20 little, precious children, won't be home for christmas and spend it with their families. 20 children won't graduate from high school, won't graduate from College and experience college, they won't get married and have children of their own. All of these 20 children haven't experience life and growing up yet. 
We can't do anything to reverse it, otherwise, trust me, I would. I would gladly give up anything and everything if it meant these children could experience christmas. But, the only thing we can do, is pray for the families and people who lost a loved one. 
If there is a business in our area or town, who are sending something down to the children and families  please take apart and send something. A local business was having a teddy bear drive, and they are going to send all the teddy bears and stuffed animals they receive, to the children who survived the shooting. I gave them my entire collection of beanie babies, because I have no use for them, because all they are doing is collecting dust. I didn't know how to help the children, but once I heard about this, I wanted to help at once. i can't imagine what the children who survived are going through, but I hope these stuffed animals help in some way.<3

I'm not going to talk about the shooter at all, except for this: I don't know what was going through his mind when he shot his mother, the teachers, and all of those students, and then killing himself. I wish that the shooter was alive, so he could live with, every day of his life, what he did to those innocent children and teachers. I know that may sound mean, but that's what I think, and what a lot of people think. And, if he was alive, we might have known why he did this, because now, we don't have answers. We don't know why a man, would go into a elementary school, and shoot 20 6 year old children and teachers. 
That's all I have to say about the shooter, because I feel like a lot of people and even the media, are focusing on the shooter, etc. We need to focus our attention on the children, and what the living ones have gone through. But in such a focusing way, where the media would keep bugging them at the home, or whatever. We need to give them their own space, so they can mourn. 

After all my ramblings, my point is this: Cherish and live each day like it is your last. No one's life is guaranteed, and tomorrow is not guaranteed either. Just say "I love you" to your family, spend time with them, and say that to the people you love, because you don't know what tomorrow will bring.