My Heart is Heavy, but then There Was Caroling

17 Dec

I cannot stop thinking about the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook School.

I am, however, glad I filled the kids in because they all told me there was a lot of chatter about it at school today. My son’s teacher discussed it with the class. His twin’s teacher did not (my daughter did ask her teacher if she had heard the news :) ) nor did my kindergarteners. I guess the school admin left it up to the teachers. Either way the kids and I talked about it more today as they did homework.

Then it was time for my daughter to attend her brownie meeting, except today it’s a special event as the troop is going Christmas caroling. I fondly remember doing this as a brownie so I feel uplifted that my daughter is having such a fun experience with her friends.  She was so excited to go!

caroling

She’s caroling as I write this, and I’m smiling as I think about it.

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10 Responses to “My Heart is Heavy, but then There Was Caroling”

  1. elana December 17, 2012 at 4:37 pm #

    ahhh the healing power of music coming out of the mouths of `babes’ :)

  2. Author MelindaTripp December 17, 2012 at 5:10 pm #

    Caroling makes us think of Christmas……Christmas makes us think of hope.
    Let us embrace the hope.

  3. motherhoodisanart December 17, 2012 at 9:04 pm #

    That’s absolutely precious!

  4. Margaret Sullivan December 18, 2012 at 7:08 am #

    Christmas is here! Thanks for sharing…

  5. greenandclean December 19, 2012 at 12:05 am #

    So good to experience the normal happy times of childhood. I think we need it in the face of such horror. Thanks for sharing.

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