Horrible things happened on Friday, and it was in the news, it was on the internet, it was in every day conversation by people it didn't personally affect. It is sad the horrible things that happened. However, what is sad is that people seem to be drawn into the media and the sensationalization of it all. The what ifs and the how comes. I just bet that if you asked any of the people that this horrible thing happened to, they'd just want all those cameras to go away, all the news media to leave them alone in their grief. They'd want people to quit talking about it all. At least that is what I would want. When I'm in pain and hurting from horrible things, I don't want people in my face about it. I don't want to have to keep talking about it, rehashing it, reliving it. I just want to be with the people I love and the people that already know all about it. You want to do something for me, pray, pray for me, pray for my family, just pray.

Now the media and people have to hash out the what ifs and the how comes. Instead, why can't we just say it's time to take responsibility for our own actions, that we need to be held accountable for what we do. That it's not this other persons fault because they did this or that, or because they didn't do this or didn't do that, or if we only had better rules or regulations. If only..... How about if everyone quit worrying about what everyone else was doing right or wrong and just became accountable for their own actions and reactions and they made sure they were doing what they were supposed to be doing. Quit looking for things or people to blame everything on.

I'm not cold and heartless, yes I cried, yes it hurts my heart, however, it is not my pain to bear, it is not my business to be part of their very private, personal pain. My business, should I choose to accept it, and I do, is to stand in the gap and pray for those families, that's it, nothing else.