Sandy Hook Elementary is a little less than three hours away from Gordon.  A six year old girl was killed in the shooting; her father is an alumnus of Gordon.  At least seventeen other kids were killed.
My church here in Beverly had already scheduled a 'special event' for this Sunday, and they decided that even in light of the recent tragedy, they were going to follow through with their original plans.
So after our pastor preached about the tragedy and we all cried for the kids and families, a group of about ten pre-schoolers went on stage and sung 'This Little Light of Mine', followed by some elementary school kids singing a Christmas carol.  We all cried.
How could someone hurt a child?
He was my age, the kid that open fired at that school.  He killed his mom, teachers, six year olds.  
How do you go on from this?  How do you live your life after someone murders your baby girl while they are at school?
I can't stop thinking about this.
These kids, agh they were just kids!  How do you respond, cope, help?
After the kids sang in church today, we all sang the chorus 'Because You're with me, I will not fear' for a while.  And I kept imagining these arms ushering kids away from the pain and into heaven at that school, unafraid because they were being led in.  If only it were that peaceful.
They were just kids.