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It’s easy to get jaded by the news each day. Like many, I have become desensitized by a continual depiction of violence—real or fictional—in the media. But the news of the December 14 shootings in Connecticut shook me to my core. This one felt personal to me as a parent, as a former kindergarten teacher, and as a board member for three organizations serving the needs of children.

Newtown, Connecticut is very much like the community where I live—a place chosen because it seems safe and people look out for each other. Unfortunately, now we’ll also think of Newtown as a place that was unable to protect innocent children, despite extraordinary steps the school took to implement and practice security procedures.

This unfathomable act of killing beautiful children and their dedicated educators is difficult to comprehend. If there is any lesson at all from such a horrific event, it is that despite our best intentions, we cannot control what will happen for us and our loved ones. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Life is precious and too short to waste time on people and activities that are unimportant in the long run.

Today, to honor those who lost their lives, choose to spend time where it most counts: with people who matter to you, in activities that matter.

Who or what is important to you? What one thing you will do to honor them, and to honor the victims of Newtown?

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