Senseless Tragedy

I went to bed last night and everything was fine and normal. I woke up this morning to my fiance Rob telling me about this mass murder in a theater in Aurora, Colorado. I was totally shocked and sadden by this senseless violence. I can't believe this keeps happening and I will never understand it. I will never understand why we have to kill each other.

The first thing that came to my mind when I first heard about this tragedy was the Virginia Tech Tragedy in 2007. I remember that like it was yesterday. Some of you don't know but I am orginally from Virginia. I was born and raised in Richmond. I was at college that day and was driving home and heard about it on the radio. I was completely shocked. I remember getting home as fast as I could turning on CNN and calling my best friend Sarah. One of our closest friends went there but she was fine. My cousin graduated from there. Sarah and I know other people who went there. I couldn't believe that was happening in my home state. So this morning when I heard about the tragedy in Colorado I was like "no not again." I don't understand some of the people in our world. I don't understand all of the hate and violence. I may seem old fashioned and I am only 24 my dad says I was born in the wrong decade and that I should have grown up in the 60's because I have such a hippie mentality. I believe in peace and love for all. What we can all take from this tragedy is that we only live once. We need to make the most of our lives and do all we can to make our world a better place. We need to say "I love you" to the ones we love the most because we might not get that chance again. Make everyday count for something good. Be grateful for what we do have. Look up to the amazing people we do have in our world such as my hero Alyssa Milano. 

My hero Alyssa Milano tweeted once " I want a world where we take of each other and our beautiful planet. One people. One planet. One Love." That is my favorite tweet ever of hers. I hope we have a world like that someday. Alyssa is such a huge inspiration to me and others and gives me so much hope for humanity especially during times like today. She is such a positive and good force in a world full of hate and violence. If we all take inspiration from her and do what we can to make our world a better place I am sure we can achieve a world that Alyssa and I want. We need more role models like Alyssa in this world. 

I want to end this post with 4 of my favorite songs that give hope in times like today. 

 

Martina McBride "Anyway" The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" John Lennon "Imagine" The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is The Love?"

I hope these songs inspire you as much as they inspire me. My love and prayers go out to all affected by the senseless tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. Peace and Love Y'all!