Random acts of kindness & violence…the Westroads Mall Shooting

I wasn’t even going to post about it but it’s been haunting my dreams every night since it happened.  The Westroads mall shooting happened in my hometown.  This is a mall I’ve shopped at hundreds of times…I’ve stood at the customer service counter to have gifts wrapped the same counter where innocent people were murdered by a sick teenager who doesn’t even deserve to have his presense on this earth acknowledged. 

I cannot begin to comprehend the grief that the families of the vicitims, the first responders, and the shoppers who were present that day must be feeling.  I thank God that I decided to spend the day with my mom instead of going to that very mall as I had planned. Though my shopping wouldn’t have taken me to that department store this week I wouldn’t have wanted to be any closer than I was to the tragedy.