To the loved ones of the victims of Sandy Hook,

 There are millions of people in the world at this moment, that might never understand the hell you are experiencing right now.

I understand that it will be rough, especially because you might have to spend a season of giving without the smile of the loved one you hold dear.

Remember this: whether or not you believe in an afterlife, the loved one you have lost would find pain in watching you grieve through a season meant to celebrate.

In honor of the one you have lost, celebrate life, instead of grieving on death.

The death of a loved one is something I am familiar with, but a loss of the potential of a human life through premature death is a sting I have not felt.

I ask you to bear with the happening's of life, and endeavor not to blame others for trying to claim they could understand how you feel to the same extent that you do, they only attempt to console you and tell you, you are not alone.

And you aren't.

With Love

Ivan

by Ivan in New Milford