I’ll never forget the day I drove into Newtown, Connecticut. As NBC 30’s Gerry Brooks tweeted this morning: How could you?
It was probably the first time I had made my way to that town outside of Danbury.
But that wasn’t the reason I remember that day.
It was the empty hearse outside a church.
Driving into Newtown yesterday, I was struck by one overpowering thing: Reminders of the tragedy were everywhere. It was unrelenting.
The little gift card collection project that my wife and I did for 48 hours went very well and the cards were delivered earlier today. I’ll have a separate post about our efforts at some point soon. In the meantime, others have asked what else they can do to help Sandy Hook elementary school, particularly
1:00 p.m. update: I’m hearing of slight delays in processing the e-gift cards at Target. Just please make your contribution as soon as you can today and we’ll watch for them this evening if need be. You can also use Walmart, Staples or Amazon if you prefer. I am extending the cutoff to donations
Normally, this blog writes itself. This morning, however, the words have not come easy. Does writing about FMLA leave relating to the Newtown tragedy really matter?
Indeed, I’ve rewritten this post about 5 different times. What can we say that will comfort those? What can we do to help those? Are we helpless to respond?
I had another post scheduled to go up this morning, but the news of the Newtown elementary school shooting makes it irrelevant.
As of midday Friday, the reported death toll was 27, with over a dozen kids included.
As a father myself, the news is horrifying. Absolutely horrifying.
A few years ago, there was another