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oday we have a guest blogger, my daughter Vanessa, whose own website motto is “Healing the World with Kindness.” It’s especially hard for her to process tragic events like the Boston bombings. As a parent, it’s so difficult to explain these sorts of events. There is no rationale, no rhyme or reason why some people choose this level of destruction of humanity. When I was growing up, we didn’t have to process news like this; but my children do. Newtown CT a few months ago, and now this. Read on to see how a nine year-old processes this ordeal.
“This is a terrible thing that happened I give my heart to those families who lost a family member and to the families of all who were injured. When I heard that three people died and so many people were severely injured, I was sad that they were innocent people running the race or watching it. It’s just not fair! I think this never should have happened.
Also, it was very scary. People didn’t know where their family members and friends were and had to wait to reconnect with others. My mom told me that in times of such horrible loss; one way to ease the pain is to focus on the helpers.
Even in this terrible bombing, it brought out the love of other people to help others. One helper was running to honor military families and when the bomb went off he helped pull down fences and saw helped take a man to put him in the ambulance. This saved that man’s life! The man who was injured was a hero too because he was right next to the backpack and was able to describe the man who dropped off the backpack with the bomb. The owner of the boat was very brave to peek in there and then call 911 so the police could come and catch the bad guys.
I know some people are still very frightened. I would recommend thinking of happy thoughts, belly breathing (from my yoga class), and try to keep your mind on something else. But most of all, pray for everyone and for our safety.
