Beyond Broken Pencils: A School Shooting Tale of Heartbreak and Healing

by Julie C. Gilbert

life is precious. It can be short, painful, annoying, or seemingly hopeless, but it’s worth experiencing.

Write nothing. Say nothing.

He can’t remember exactly when the fascination with school shooters started. Middle school, probably. Miss Danbury had asked them to write an essay about somebody they admired. Ian chose Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold of Columbine fame. That had earned a trip to the principal’s office,

He cares. He cares very deeply.

The effort to shield kids from discomfort caused society to inadvertently create a staggering number of crybabies with little to no coping skills.

Soo true

You can do this. You’ll be remembered forever. You can immortalize your name, but only if it’s spectacular. Fail at this and you’ll be just another loser who lost his nerve.

Adam Lanza killed his mother, 26 more people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and then himself,

He came in today and unleashed his inner demons on dozens of innocents.

“Heroes are only needed when things go wrong, and today, things went very, very wrong. People shouldn’t need to do this kind of saving. Our society should be better than this.”

Everybody has the capacity for madness, most just have more self-control.

Evil is not a disease we’re going to cure any time soon, but love can go a long way in healing what was lost and broken. There is good in the world. Sometimes, you have to look hard to find it. We can never let horrible things permanently steal our peace.