A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

I remember the day four years ago that changed so many lives forever. I was in eighth grade and did not have a grasp on what was really important in the world considering the important things to me at that time included what I was going to get for Christmas and what I was going to watch on T.V when I got home.  However this was a changing moment in my life I remember hearing about the Sandy Hook shooting and being completely shocked by it. The events of that tragic day made my mind spiral into a void my thoughts had never wandered in to. As much as this day changed me it wasn't about me. When tragedies like this occur it is human nature to sometimes stretch the events out and make it somehow about us but unless we experienced the worrisome heartache of the families of the victims it simply isn't about us. There were approximately four hundred and fifty-six students enrolled at Sandy Hook Elementary prior to this event and during that day there were four hundred and fifty-six families in gut wrenching agony, not knowing if their child was going to come home that day. Twenty of which were faced with the unthinkable worse pain of knowing their child wouldn't. I cannot imagine that pain and my heart continues to go out to anyone who has ever had to face that pain. You never know when you'll see someone for the last time so I feel like it is very important to make every moment count. This event sparked a fear in me among so many others that this is a real thing that you never think will happen until it happens. People really do have issues and do awful things like this nobody is immune to tragedy as much as we'd love to believe that. When tragedy strikes it makes us all think of the bigger picture and it certainly did that for me. While I was worried about what I was going to get for Christmas or what to watch on T.V so many victims didn't even get to come home to their families. Things like this really make me realize just how lucky I am.