today is not about me–it is not about you.
it is about the lives listed below that we will not soon forget.
while all we see are words on paper–behind these names are so much more.
they are unopened gifts under the Christmas tree, twin size beds now sitting empty.
siblings left sibling less.
children now without a mother.
parents without their baby.
hearts shattered.
angels forever.
Charlotte Bacon, 6
Rachel D’Avino, 29
Olivia Engel, 6
Dylan Hockley, 6
Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, 47
Jesse Lewis, 6
Ana Marquez-Greene, 6
Grace McDonnell, 7
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Emilie Parker, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Mary Sherlach, 56
Lauren Rousseau, 30
Victoria Soto, 27
Daniel Barden, 7
Josephine Gay, 7
Madeleine Hsu, 6
Catherine Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
James Mattioli, 6
Jack Pinto, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Avielle Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison Wyatt, 6.
**If you would like to offer something more than silence, check out what my sweet friend who lives in Connecticut is doing for the children of Sandy Hook Elementary**
