7.22.2012

Pictures and thoughts

I spent some time today taking photos around the house.... specifically ones of these precious face...

  
I have also planted some succulents for our baker's rack on our porch, because having to water plants everyday is way to much work, these little beauties will survive in a drought so they are perfect for us!


Today after a long long night of working a wedding last night I slept in a little bit today and had convinced Drew, Lane and Neeley today would be a great day to catch a matinee of the new Batman movie. After the horrific tragedy that happened in Colorado on early Friday morning at the premiere of the movie I was hesitant to see it at night, I also wanted to go when I thought there would not be as many people there. So today we went to the 12:40 movie and as "dark" as the series is in itself I was especially unnerved by the presence of extra police officers at the theatre. As soon as we sat down in the theatre I began to imagine what the victims of the massacre in Colorado thought as they we anticipating the films start. I immediately searched out the exits and people around me. It is an unnerving experience now to sit in a dark theatre with a bunch of strangers.  I found myself paying extra attention to people moving about the theatre and alerted when new people would arrive in the middle of the movie.  30-45 minutes into the movie a theatre employee came in and did a check on the exit doors a chilling reminder of the horror that ensued in Aurora. I cannot imagine the grief and terror those people witnessed and will live with for the rest of their lives. It is so sad that some people are so lost in the world that they can cause such devastation. My prayers are with the victims and their families as they try to make sense of this.