I have spent the day quietly trying to find the right words to mark a terrible anniversary.
Nine years ago, a deeply disturbed young man armed with a weapon made available by a negligent parent took the lives of 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Nine years ago, a deeply disturbed young man armed with a weapon made available by a negligent parent took the lives of 26 people at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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One of them was Ana Grace Marquez-Green. She was six years old.
In the years since, I have had a chance to get to know Ana Grace’s mother, Nelba Marquez-Green, a bit.
That opportunity has been a gift.
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In the years since, I have had a chance to get to know Ana Grace’s mother, Nelba Marquez-Green, a bit.
That opportunity has been a gift.
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I adore Nelba.
She is a person of faith, character, and strength. She somehow maintains a deep kindness and compassion and empathy when it would be easy to harden to the world.
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She is a person of faith, character, and strength. She somehow maintains a deep kindness and compassion and empathy when it would be easy to harden to the world.
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On this terrible anniversary, I just feel such a profound grief for Nelba, her husband, and for all of the families who lost loved ones on this terrible date.
It is a sorrow that still leaves me without words. It is just a sadness that settles like a terrible weight.
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It is a sorrow that still leaves me without words. It is just a sadness that settles like a terrible weight.
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When people you care about are grieving, sometimes all we can do is share in their grief if even from a distance and hold them up in our thoughts with love and light.
Holding Nelba and Jimmy in my thoughts today.
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Holding Nelba and Jimmy in my thoughts today.
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