What Do You Say?

What do you say?  Mostly you just stand there speechless and stare at the coverage of the tragedy and wait. More questions than answers in the school shooting that left 28 people dead. 

I've seen renewed arguments online about more aggressive gun control. This quickly spirals downward into a shouting match over "taking away guns" from honest citizens and the bad people will get them anyway. Or snarky questions, too, like "What regulated militia did this guy belong to?"

Or if you are Mike Huckabee on  Fox you blame it on "taking God out of schools."

Right. And movie theaters and malls....  C'mon.  He's not HELPING.

But situations like this do bring out the "good" people.  The "helpers" as Mr. Rogers used to call them.  "Look for the helpers," he used to say to the children in a bad situation. The police, the firemen, the first responders. The friends and neighbors. Families who reach out to one another in a great time of need.

As we all continue to get ready for the holidays, let's remember it is really not about giving an IPAD or a Smartphone to your kid even when you can't afford it. It's about love.

What do you say?  You say, I love you. To your kids, to your family, to anyone who means something to you.  And you appreciate those bonds that tie us together, and you remember the ones whose holiday was shattered.... for years to come, by a madman with a gun.