"My Daughter was Crying Last Night"

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/1/9/111241/8407

My Daughter was Crying Last Night

by Steven D
Sun Jan 9th, 2011 at 11:12:41 AM EST


My fifteen year old daughter was crying last night.

It was my fault. She was in the room with me when I watched the news about the attempted assassination of of Congresswoman Gifford by Jared Lee Laughner. She also heard that the same killer had murdered a Federal Judge, John Roll. She heard that this madman killed a nine year old girl, Christina Taylor Green, a member of her elementary school student council.

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"There must be someplace we could go."

I told her I didn't know, for I don't. I wanted to tell her that I don't want to leave my country. That I believe that we can turn things around. That we can make this country better than the one she has lived through in her short life. But I didn't. I just held her while tears dripped from her eyes.

Finally, I told her I loved her.

"I love you too Daddy."

We held each other after that, her face nuzzled under my chin. What else can one do when the world frightens your child, your brave outspoken child, who cares so much for other people, even those unlike herself. Who doesn't believe violence is a solution to anything. What else could I do but express my love for her and hope that would be enough, come the morning, to have put her fears to rest.

[Lint Head]

1. This is the result of Republican Family values.

[jaxx]

2. Very powerful.

Killing is wrong and many young people will have questions as to what caused it, and what can be done to stop it happening again. More hate speech won't do it, hopefully focusing on the results of that hate will help.

K&R