What A World

Oh what a world we live in folks!  Seriously, why is world peace so hard to achieve?  Why do so many people feel the need to cause harm to others?  These are the questions running through my mind after hearing about the horrible theater shooting that took place at The Dark Knight Rises opening in Aurora, Colorado. 

Due to the senseless act of violence carried out by 24 year old James Holmes, 12 people will never return home to their families alive.  Some one has a lost a wife, a husband, a son , a daughter, a mother, a father and a friend.  38 more people were injured after being caught in the crossfire of Holmes bullet spray.  As a mother one of the worst parts of what happened is that one of the victims injured in this whole ordeal was a 3 month old baby!!

I fought back tears hearing that.  I'm not an easy crier but when it comes to situations like these and I hear children have been hurt it tugs heavily at my heart strings.  How could so one so young be so evil and heartless?  This couldn't have been an overnight transformation.  You just don't wake up and go open fire on a movie theater full of innocent people--strangers.

While my heart goes out to the victims, a part of me is sad for the shooter as well.  I feel sad that he felt so inclined to do something so horrible.  I wonder what his reason behind shooting all those people were?  Was he not loved?  Did he have an abusive childhood?  Was he bullied?  Is this a mental breakdown?

I've always been a believer that people like Holmes give off warning signs before they just go over the edge. However, their family and friends ignore it or down play it as nothing serious.  But what if they would have cared more and tried to address those signs?  Would this have changed his actions?  And does the government need to make it harder for people to obtain guns?

I'm definitely thanking God a lot more for my family and hugging my kids extra tight.  I've always been a prayerful person-a prayer warrior as my mom calls me.  And I urge you all to do same.  As you go about your day, send up a prayer for the residents of Aurora, the victims and their families, the shooter and his family and our world in general.  We have to try to make this world a better place not just for ourselves but our kids and so that their families can a future.

Let's make an effort to reach out to someone who is going through.  You never know if your words or kindness could be the difference between them rediscovering hope or going over the edge.  So, I just want to that each and everyone of you mean a lot to me.  Without your support and kindness YUMMommy wouldn't be where it is today. I thank those of you who have gone the extra mile to bond with me beyond the blog.  It means a lot.

Did you hear about theater shooting in Aurora?  What are your thoughts? Do we need stricter gun laws?

Wishful Wednesday

This week is flying by fast. Hard to believe that we are almost halfway to the weekend.  Well, I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Mother's Day. I know that I did. It was lovely having all my family together and watching my mom try to do the Stanky Leg. LOL.

Anyways, it's Wishful Wednesday again.  My addition that I would like to add to my wish list this week is healing.  Yes, somehow I wish that I could heal the problems of the world and those around us. Seriously, this week I have taken to boycotting watching the news.  It just seems like there is always some young child who has lost their life either at the hands of a deranged adult or enraged peer.  Then there was that plain crash  that killed 96 people overseas.

And we're still trying to deal with how to clean up that huge oil spill. I don't know about your area, but gas prices here have already gone up. And although the economy is getting better it seems like education is taking the worst hit.  Many of our beloved teachers and administrators are being forced into retirement because the school can no longer afford to pay them a higher salary.  I do agree that some teachers should be retired but I can't help but wonder what will become of kids next school year?

To have so many inexperienced first year teachers coming in to critical positions is a gamble. I mean we have department head and administrative positions going to students with no teaching experience and fresh out of college. I think that they should at least keep the current department heads and principals  to allow them to train the new ones for a year.  I'm a twenty something year old mom with a college education but even I know there are some positions I'm not wise or experienced enough to take without training or guidance.

Lastly, I would like to heal this country of complaining. There seems to be a lot of people out there pointing the finger at our President about the state of things.  I just want to point out that President Obama is not a magician. He does not have a magic wand that he waves.  If you want to point the finger start with yourself, then your district leaders, then your state representatives and so forth.

If some of you out there feel like you could do a better job at running a country run for president then!!!  We need to start supporting our leader and being patient. This country was already jacked up when he came into office. It took years backwards politics to get this way and it'll take years of great politics to straighten it out. Let's unite like our name (United States of America) claims we should be and get on one page. I truly believe this world could be great again if we just all did our part.

Oh the Winner of my Blinged Out Headbands Giveway was FutureMama.  Send me your info: Yummommy@gmail.com.