Material losses are replaceable, human beings are not

Bloggers everywhere are commenting on the tragedy at Newtown in Connecticut, people are grieving. In recent times we have become used to death and carnage, every day there's something brought to our attention to remind us how savage the world has become and through familiarity we have become desensitised to it. Yet all of us, wherever we are in the world grieve for the children who died at Newtown and their parents. As I see it, It takes nine months to grow human beings and years to raise them.. Human beings are not replaceable, and when it’s little human beings who will now never get the chance to reach their potential, it’s even harder to take. Two boys, we’re told, are being laid to rest. The youngest and first to be buried. Little boys never rest, they wear superman capes, they run, they jump, they climb, and sometimes they drive their mothers batty. What little boys do not do is rest, not until they get to be big boys. Wherever in the world we are, we are all grieving for the little boys and little girls who will never get the chance to grow up.