I generally keep the daily news topics far away from this
little space I’ve created on the Internet. So often they are filled with
tragedy; sad things that I choose not to dwell on because focusing on them only
brings me down and quite frankly scares the living daylights out of me because
I begin thinking of all of the “what ifs” and “what could happen” scenarios and
when you have children, it’s the worst feeling in the world that instantaneously
makes you nauseous and want to cry.
But with that being said, this time I can’t get Roseburg out
of my mind. I grew up in Grants Pass which is a little over an hour’s drive
from Roseburg. I’ve been in Roseburg many times, have friends that live close
and grew up there, and my Dad currently lives 30 minutes from there now. I refuse to write or dwell on the perpetrator
or gun topic issues, because right now is
not the time for people to argue and debate such things. I will however, grasp
on to any tiny amount of positivity that I can in this grave event that has left many people brokenhearted.
