Tragic is really the only word that comes to mind...

Not sure who or how many are familiar with this story, but it has been one that has been bothering me this past week or so. The kids go to a school which was an option for Sloan to go to and Sloan knows at least one of the suspects through a mutual friend. It is probably the most disturbing to me because of that, because of the age of the victim and killers (the same as Sloan), the overall tragedy of the event. Sloan and I just talked about this last night and it saddens both of us. I just don't always know what to do or what to say to my kids when they have to face these sorts of things in the world. I remember whenever I would get into fights at that age and - more often than not - would end up being friends with the other kid afterward. Never did I consider actually killing anyone. And I have a really hard time accepting that it is just a case of "different times". This should never be tolerated or accepted as "the norm". Never.

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