I'm still very shaken by the Connecticut Elementary School shootings. It's a strange feeling I have, something I don't know how to explain. Every time I read an article about the incident or see Facebook posts on it, I control myself and hold back the tears. My heart aches and my tummy in knots. To think I'm almost 12,000 miles away and feeling this way... I can't imagine what the community in Connecticut are feeling? What about the families of the deceased?
I can't begin to imagine the horror the victims faced before their deaths. Most of the victims were so young. They had their whole lives ahead of them but instead this selfish miserable monster had to come and take it all away from them in an instant!
This has caught the attention of the world and parents like myself who has kids the same age as the victims have hugged and kissed our kids extra since this happened and am thankful our kids are right beside us and safe. But I think I know the reason as to why this has hit me real hard...
For one, I used to live only a couple hours away from this Newtown Connecticut and secondly, my kids could have been any one of those 20 victims. The fact that this problem had always worried both my husband and I while we were still living in the States.
When my daughter was born, my husband and I swore we will move back to Singapore where our kids will go to school and we will know and be assured that they are safe. After the last few shooting cases in USA, we are glad we stuck with our decision and we can pat ourselves on the back. It may sound selfish because lots of our family and friends back in the USA have got no other options to move out of there but I can't help being so grateful we had that option.
People overseas laugh at Singapore. They call us inhuman for canning the criminals and criticize the fact we hang truck traffickers. But because that's our law, we don't have the problems America have! We don't have people on welfare, we don't have drug addicts walking the streets or senseless shootings.
And for the Singaporeans who enjoys complaining about how our government run this place... watch the news everyday and think about it. If you still think the grass is greener on the other side then get the f*** out. I'd be honest, after living in the States for 10 years, it's made me realize how lucky we Singaporeans are. I also won't lie but my biggest complain about Singapore right now is the fact that I feel like a foreigner in my own country.
Well, enough of that. This post was meant to be about the recent Sandy Hook a elementary school shootings.
My heart aches every time I see the photos of those 20 angels who had their whole lives ahead of them yet it was taken away too soon. Can't ever imagine what the families of these victims are going through right now...to see the toys under the Christmas tree which will remain unopened come Christmas morning.
I am not a holy person but I pray for strength for the family members of these victims to get through this holiday season and for them to find some closure soon so they can move on.
The media finally is doing the right thing by not putting the spotlight on the killer. But I feel if they don't have any new reports on the case then they should stop publishing the same thing over and over again. Give it a rest until new leads are found. Harping on the same thing over and over again will not help the families to move on and it will not allow the 26 souls to rest in peace.
So let us all never forget these victims who were in this senseless shootings and pray for their souls to rest in peace.
I have yet to stop hugging and kissing my kids extra these days and thanking the man above for keeping them safe. What about you?
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