On our way home earlier, my husband told me that today was horrible, yet somehow also amazing. I can’t think of a better way to sum up the day we have had.
We said goodbye to someone today, a little light in all our lives that will never truly go out. It is a horrible thing for a community to suffer the loss of a child, and yet ours has. Ours has lost a sweet, bright, beautiful child who taught us all something about love. It hurts my heart so much to know that he is gone, and I hurt terribly inside for his parents and his family.
The amazing thing happened when we, this community, came together to be there for our friends in their time of need. There was strength there today, strength that I hope helped our friends even for just a moment, and it was amazing. This group of people I am lucky to call my friends heeds a rallying call like no other group I have ever seen. When I met them, I was falling in love with my husband. I was terrified that they would hate me, but they welcomed me with open arms and now I cannot imagine a time when they were not my friends. Now, we are scattered a little–time, circumstance, LIFE has changed us all. But having everyone together today, even for such a tragic event, was strangely beautiful and wholly comforting.
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