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MissJones
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4 years
Think of them.
Charlotte Bacon 02-22-06
Daniel Barden 09-25-05
Olivia Engel 07-18-06
Josephine Gay 12-11-05
Ana M Marquez-Greene 04-04-06
Dylan Hockley 03-08-06
Madeleine F. Hsu 07-10-06
Catherine V. Hubbard 06-08-06
Chase Kowalski 10-31-05
Jesse Lewis 06-30-06
James Mattioli 03-22-06
Grace McDonnell 11-04-05
Emilie Parker 05-12-06
Jack Pinto 05-06-06
Noah Pozner 11-22-06
Caroline Previdi 09-07-06
Jessica Rekos 05-10-06
Avielle Richman 10-17-06
Benjamin Wheeler 09-12-06
Allison N. Wyatt 07-03-06
And their brave heroes...
Rachel D'Avino, 29, teacher's aide
Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, teacher's aide
Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, teacher
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Re: 4 years
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StaceyWill
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ElizaRags35
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Re: 4 years
Wow.
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2BadSoSad
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Re: 4 years
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.
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MissJones
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Re: 4 years
Posted by 2BadSoSad
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.
Thank you for sharing.
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| Posted 12/14/16 5:00 AM |
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SusiBee
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Re: 4 years
Angel babies.
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| Posted 12/14/16 5:54 AM |
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limamaof2
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Re: 4 years
Posted by 2BadSoSad
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.
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| Posted 12/14/16 7:22 AM |
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summerBaby10
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Re: 4 years
poor little angels & their families 
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| Posted 12/14/16 7:41 AM |
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LIRascal
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Re: 4 years
Posted by 2BadSoSad
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.[/QUOTEac]
I've learned so much from you and this post... consider it yet another random act of kindness.
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Hofstra26
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Re: 4 years
I cannot believe it's been 4 years!!!!! 
This still kills me every year, just so heartbreaking.
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Hofstra26
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Re: 4 years
Posted by 2BadSoSad
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.
I love everything about this, it made me tear up.
I'm the same EXACT way when I put my DD on the bus and sadly, EVERY time she disappears into the bus my heart breaks a little and I say a prayer that everything will be okay and she will come home to me safely. It's sad to think that way but like you, what happened that day changed the way I say goodbye to my kids too because, you just never know. 
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beachgirl
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Re: 4 years
Burned into my core too. I sat in my car this morning and watched a line of first graders file past me to their classroom and I teared up. My DD was in first grade when this happened. I was in her class doing a craft with her friends. I went home and saw the horror on the t.v and I cried for that entire christmas period. I will never ever forget these families and the pain they are going through. Each september when my DD starts a new grade I think of them. I feel like they will be a shadow in our lives forever.
Prayers for their families and for the advocates for gun control that strive every day to get some common sense into our system - it's an uphill battle. 
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NervousNell
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Re: 4 years
I can't.
I can't think of them because I fall apart.
I block it out to a point to shield myself
Because I'm at work and can't fall to pieces.
Because my daughter is that age right now and at school right now.
And now I'm crying at my desk anyway.
It just makes me physically sick.
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Salason
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Re: 4 years
Posted by 2BadSoSad
This still haunts me to this day.
Every year on the 14th, I do Random Acts of Kindness in their memory. I go to Dunkin, I buy 20 $5 gift cards. I had them out to people on line and in the parking lot until they are gone. They each gets a little note....."Darkness will not drive out darkness, only light can do that" - MLK. Please accept this Random Act of Kindness in memory of Sandy Hook angel ______________ (and I write in one of their names.). All I ask in return is that you pay this forward in their honor."
I said 4 years ago that this will forever haunt me and it does. It has changed our morning routine. We have a strict no yelling rule, bc what if its the last time I speak to them. If we are running late, its fine, if we miss the bus, I just drive them. No yelling. It changed the words I say when they leave, there is always an extra hug and kiss. I also watch them get on the bus and burn that image into my mind, just in case. I can be in the middle of blow drying my hair, and I stop what I am doing and watch them get on that bus, every step, every item of clothing, where they sat, etc.
At night, even if I have nothing left to give, I will sing an extra song if they ask, I give them an extra kiss, I read an extra story if they want.I dont get mad if they get out of bed for the fourteenth time bc what if its the last time.......I tuck them back in with a smile.
I will never forget the day it happened, and I picked up my son who was in K from aftercare at the time and I grabbed him and SOBBED in the middle of the school cafeteria, SOBBED and held him. The aftercare ladies cried with me. I promised to myself in that moment that I will give every night and every morning the best me, bc what if.........and I have. I fail ALL the time during the day, but not in the morning and not at night. Not during my first and last chance, just in case.
That day shook me to my core and changed me as a mother.
I pray for these families every single night, but especially tonight as its the night they last kissed their babies goodnight.
God bless those angels and their families.
This made me cry and put a lot into perspective for me today so thank you. Those poor little angels I cannot even imagine the pain their parents endure every single day.
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ohbaby08
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4 years
Please don't forget about these heroes who put themselves in harm's way to try and save their students.
Rachel D'Avino, 29, teacher's aide
Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, teacher's aide
Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, teacher
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mrsdukes
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Re: 4 years
Posted by ohbaby08
Please don't forget about these heroes who put themselves in harm's way to try and save their students.
Rachel D'Avino, 29, teacher's aide
Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal
Anne Marie Murphy, 52, teacher's aide
Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist
Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, teacher
Lauren was a college friend of my daughter-in-law.
Thinking of all of them and their families today.
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MC09
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Re: 4 years
What a senseless world.
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NervousNell
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Re: 4 years
Posted by MC09
What a senseless world.
The pure evil in this world scares me sometimes.
Like why????
How can someone's soul be that black and evil?? How?
It's very very scary
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MC09
arrrghhh!!!!
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Re: 4 years
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by MC09
What a senseless world.
The pure evil in this world scares me sometimes.
Like why????
How can someone's soul be that black and evil?? How?
It's very very scary
The fact that so many people on this thread, and in general, have a pit in their stomach and try to remember every detail of their kid before putting them on the school bus each morning, just in case... There are no words for what a horrible world we live in.
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NYCGirl80
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dianadrw
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dianadrw
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Re: 4 years
Posted by NervousNell
I can't.
I can't think of them because I fall apart.
I block it out to a point to shield myself
Because I'm at work and can't fall to pieces.
Because my daughter is that age right now and at school right now.
And now I'm crying at my desk anyway.
It just makes me physically sick.
This exactly.
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drpepper318
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jeanyus27
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Re: 4 years
There is a documentary on Netflix called Newtown. I didn't want to watch it but felt I had too. I don't have children yet but this shook me 4 years ago. It's hard to watch but as one of the policemen said, the world needs to know in order to understand.
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