Not One Good Reason

Ernie and I both cried when we watched the news last night about the elementary school shooting. 

I can't think of one reason why those guns should be available to anyone.

Not one reason.

At first when we heard about the shooting I thought I wouldn't tell Owen but then I realized that there was no way to keep it from him. We talked to the boys about it. We told them they were still safe and I hugged them extra hard. It's hard to know what else to say.

We had a somewhat failed movie night because the movie we were going to watch turned out to be not available...but we all giggled as we talked over each other as we tried to find it. Eventually we ended up watching Unstoppable again. Owen fell asleep on the couch, his faithful monkey on his chest.

I kept looking at Owen and his monkey sleeping peacefully, and Leo curled up in a chair intently watching a racing train and explaining facts about it all to us....  I looked at them and I thought about how much I adore them.

I just can't think of one good reason for those guns.