My sis in law posted this and thought it was spot on when talking to kids about the imperfect and sometimes unfair and irrational world we live in —

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”   – Mr. Rogers

I am trying not to really think about all the events that happened yesterday — not because I don’t care but it’s just beyond horrible and really feels to me like it can’t possibly be real. But we all know it was real and it’s so painful to process.

Yesterday, I read some of the news comments and just public sentiment around what happened and then politics started to be shared. What I believe in my heart is that anyone that could do such a horrible, horrific act and murder anyone, let alone innocent children is sick –mentally ill. And we all has a society need to take a good hard look at how we treat mental illness.

We can’t ignore the seriousness of mental illness — and often times its at the core of the cause of many tragedies worldwide. And there are lots of signs and opportunities to help get people treatment and help they need before it becomes so bad that people, innocent people are in danger.

I have no idea what happened in this case –the facts aren’t clear yet, but no one can be sane and do what they did. Period.