All-Star Prayers For Newton, Ct

[Claws-Out]

A child wrote this to his mother during the shooting :( Absolutely heart wrenching.

 

[ladyknight]

A child wrote this to his mother during the shooting :( Absolutely heart wrenching.

And... that's when I started crying.

 

[cheerinatorXdad]

I couldn't imagine. Hugged my daughter extra tight when she came home today. Prayers out to CT.

 

[cheergirl09]

And... that's when I started crying.

Me too. Gave me chills

 

[cheergirl09]

My sister is at the Eric Church concert tonight and just texted me saying he stopped the concert and had a moment of silence for the families involved in the tragedy. He then said a prayer for them and broke down crying. This is hitting everyone very hard. My heart breaks for these families...

 

[4D3CHEER!]

very sad to hear this... our prayers for all victims include their family... stay strong...

 

[ladyknight]

I can't wrap my head around it. But, I'm more angry than anything else! I'm so angry about it! I don't care how %#£€Ed up your life is, how depressed, or angry or upset or whatever you are...see a shrink, get some meds, grow a spine, find a hobby, get your head out of your backside...or don't. But, you don't have the right to kill other people's babies because your life sucks. If things are so bad you're going to take your own life....fine....no one is stopping you...but you don't get to take others lives just because yours is in the toilet. They didn't ask for you to spread your misery among them, their classmates and their community.

I am in no way trying to knock you and I haven't the slightest idea of your experience with this - but you might want to be a bit more careful with your wording in the first paragraph. :confused: Mental illnesses (particularly depression) aren't that easy to fix and move on with. They live with you for years and will still live with you for a long, long time. Same thing about suicide. "Seeing a shrink and getting some meds" isn't an immediate fix, and mental illness can also be caused by genetics and chemical imbalances in one's brain, not just environmental or controllable factors.

But I wholeheartedly agree with you - just because your life sucks doesn't mean you have ANY right to kill other people, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!
It breaks my heart knowing that someone went and shot little kids today. They were probably excited it was Friday and it was almost the weekend. :(

Once again I wasn't trying to argue with you or anything of that nature, it's just that the first paragraph could be taken a bit offensively by those who deal or have dealt with mental illnesses.

However, it's not an excuse for what that man did at all. Just seeing the note that that child wrote tore me apart.

 

[12stepCheermom]

I am in no way trying to knock you and I haven't the slightest idea of your experience with this - but you might want to be a bit more careful with your wording in the first paragraph. :confused: Mental illnesses (particularly depression) aren't that easy to fix and move on with. They live with you for years and will still live with you for a long, long time. Same thing about suicide. "Seeing a shrink and getting some meds" isn't an immediate fix, and mental illness can also be caused by genetics and chemical imbalances in one's brain, not just environmental or controllable factors.

But I wholeheartedly agree with you - just because your life sucks doesn't mean you have ANY right to kill other people, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!
It breaks my heart knowing that someone went and shot little kids today. They were probably excited it was Friday and it was almost the weekend. :(

Once again I wasn't trying to argue with you or anything of that nature, it's just that the first paragraph could be taken a bit offensively by those who deal or have dealt with mental illnesses.

However, it's not an excuse for what that man did at all. Just seeing the note that that child wrote tore me apart.

Forgive me if it hits close to home. I was able to come home to my children tonight....that school principal never did.

And I deal with far more mental illness on a daily basis than I care to discuss. Trust me when I say, I understand exactly.

And I'm still angry.

 

[mommadonna]

I got to go to the school and pick up my child today...and she was there...alive and well. I am blessed.
I got to come home to my family and enjoy baking Christmas cookies and watching TV with them. I am blessed. Beyond measure.
Any of my little issues and so called problems pale in comparison to the tragedy that happened today.
Tonight, I will squeeze my daughter tight and tell her how much I truly love her. Then, I will pray to God and thank Him for blessing me.
Never go to bed angry. Never forget to be thankful for the little things.
No moment is guaranteed.
Life is a gift. What we do with this life is up to us.
Love.

 

[ladyknight]

Forgive me if it hits close to home. I was able to come home to my children tonight....that school principal never did.

And I deal with far more mental illness on a daily basis than I care to discuss. Trust me when I say, I understand exactly.

And I'm still angry.

No, no, it is completely okay! :) No need to discuss, I understand!
And it's definitely alright to be angry. It was a horrible, horrible thing to do. Especially to children.

 

[FierceIsTheName]

I'm still a kid (13) and this is heart-breaking. I'm trying to wrap my head around this. All i can think of is what happens if this was at our elementary school? Its such a scary, sad, and heartbreaking thought. My mom said NO watching the news tonight. Those poor families :(

 

[DropAndRun]

I started to write a longer response but deleted it. I guess I'm just not ready. It's kind of like all those Facebook statuses on 9/11. I always want to say something profound but just always seem to be at a loss when it comes to expressing what I feel about that day. I am so sad.. Not just for this incident but for the indication it gives of the kind of world my children will grow up in. Where does such hate manifest? I am NOT a lovey person.. Not a hugger.. But these people.. What are they made of? They do things I cannot even fathom and I'm just so sad. I don't understand.

 

[CheerCoach84]

I got to go to the school and pick up my child today...and she was there...alive and well. I am blessed.
I got to come home to my family and enjoy baking Christmas cookies and watching TV with them. I am blessed. Beyond measure.
Any of my little issues and so called problems pale in comparison to the tragedy that happened today.
Tonight, I will squeeze my daughter tight and tell her how much I truly love her. Then, I will pray to God and thank Him for blessing me.
Never go to bed angry. Never forget to be thankful for the little things.
No moment is guaranteed.
Life is a gift. What we do with this life is up to us.
Love.

Hug her for me to mommadonna!!!!!....:) The list of these tragedies just keeps Growing!!! I really-not joking, want to go back to the 70's!! We just didn't have all of this Hate back then, you really didn't have to worry about going to school, church, mall, movies, etc and worry that you weren't going to make it out!!!! I hardly moved today, and when I went to the gym, Walmart, Grocery Store, i was continuously looking around, and I'm GROWN!!!! I just don't know....? It just upsets me beyond belief all of the Grief that just keeps happening.. My Heart is with the folks in Newtown today, and one of the folks on the news said, "this just doesn't happen in our small town!" But now , it has and has happened in others too!!! I am so Blessed too, i do wish that I could hug my child tonite, she is Grown and 450 miles away... I will hug my kids tomorrow at our Christmas Party, that will make me feel so much better.........:):(:fro: Love to everyone!!!!!

 

[mommadonna]

Hug her for me to mommadonna!!!!!....:) The list of these tragedies just keeps Growing!!! I really-not joking, want to go back to the 70's!! We just didn't have all of this Hate back then, you really didn't have to worry about going to school, church, mall, movies, etc and worry that you weren't going to make it out!!!! I hardly moved today, and when I went to the gym, Walmart, Grocery Store, i was continuously looking around, and I'm GROWN!!!! I just don't know....? It just upsets me beyond belief all of the Grief that just keeps happening.. My Heart is with the folks in Newtown today, and one of the folks on the news said, "this just doesn't happen in our small town!" But now , it has and has happened in others too!!! I am so Blessed too, i do wish that I could hug my child tonite, she is Grown and 450 miles away... I will hug my kids tomorrow at our Christmas Party, that will make me feel so much better.........:):(:fro: Love to everyone!!!!!

Love to you, too, Coach Coop! :kiss:

 

[luxerae]

People always wait until the next tragedy to say don't take life for granted. No, just stop. You should be saying that EVERYDAY. It shouldn't take a tragedy for you to realize that you shouldn't take your life for granted.

Oh and update on varsity: they tweeted their condolences immediately after I asked them why they still haven't said anything about the shooting.