Hero's

At 1:00 am Friday morning I arrived at work groggy eyed and half asleep. logged on to the computer and started my blogging of the day. I posted about my blogs look and Layla missing her mommy. I published it and then went on to hulu at about 1:45 am to help my 8 hour long shift go a little fast, but as I opened the home page I read a heading on the news about a massive shooting in Colorado.

First thought.. What????

Second thought.. click, must read!

Third thought... Batman? Im watching that tonight.

Fourth thought.. ERIC!!!! 

First feeling.. curiosity

Second feeling.. confusion

Third feeling...a little scared

Fourth feeling... terror! 

It was a long morning. But this has been all over the news on t.v. and internet. But in short a young man entered a movie theater in Colorado ( where the opening night of the batman movie was going) and began shooting into the theater where a dozen people were killed and about 50 others were injured. Now to explain.. Eric is my younger cousin and he just so happens to live in Colorado not to fair from where this happened. Eric is about to turn sixteen and would not have missed opening night for this movie. As im sure anyone who has loved ones in Colorado, I was scared.. Where was he? is he ok? at about 7:30 am when I knew my aunt would be awake I called to make sure. And I was happy to hear that he had chosen  a different theater and was in bed safely sleeping. 

I thought carefully about what I was feeling and what I wanted to write. What can I say?? Not much. In reality there is not much anyone can say. Its terrible, sad, and scary. I cant imagine what those families are going through. I dont do good with sad things. But I guess all I can say is that I know there is so much sadness but these people who died are going somewhere where they are needed. Many died protecting loved ones. 

They are all hero's.

I hope these families feel peace and comfort in all this. 

We had tickets to go tonight.. I thought about what we should do. should we go? is it safe? Juan, Andrea, Brandon and I had bought our tickets and our Friday night was to be spent watching this movie.
At the end we went... I didnt want to let something like this allow me to fear my normal life. So we went. I wont lie, I was on high alert.

In my mind I went through a scenario

were this happened and I planned out exactly

what I would do in such a case. 

I had my baby sister to protect and Juan and Brandon. 

Im happy that we went and spent that time together. Loved the movie too! 

Anyway... Im happy I have my family and my husband. 

Your Truly,