TRAGEDY ABOUNDS

Seems like most days, we wake to some new tragedy.

This morning, it is the shooting at the Jason Aldean concert,

an open area in Las Vegas.

At least 50 dead, 200 injured and the shooter, dead.

We will not know his thoughts before this tragedy

he caused but does it really matter?

Yes, I think it does.

At a time when so many are taking a kneel or 

a sit during the National Anthem,

especially NFL players, and the commissioner and

coaches not taking a stand to stop this,

instead they will no longer televise the Anthem 

prior to games, something that has always began

every sporting event is our Country, reminding

us that we are all one, having the freedom to 

attend these events.                                          

A time when people are boycotting sporting events to

show how sickened they are,

a bigger problem hits Vegas. 

The loss of human lives,  it did not matter the 

color of your skin, where you were from,

how old you were, what country you call home.

It did not matter that you live in a country where 

you are free, free to attend an outdoor concert

no matter who you are.

For me,  I am angry.

 It makes the whole disregard for the 

US Flag and the freedom it stands for so significant.

 We need to wake up as a country and realize

that if we do not become a United Nation,

the same thing our ancestors, our own parents,

family fought for, freedom, then we deny 

the fact that this freedom is not being

taken away from us by other countries,

but by our own people. If we don't stop

giving so much attention to those 

NFL athletes that are millionaires due to

the money we pour into the the sport, then we may miss

the signs of those people such as this shooter,

who are a threat to our lives. 

We need to pay more attention to the people who surround

our lives, the evil that lives in some of these Americans.

We are not paying attention to our surroundings,

the important ones, not who is sitting or standing

during the anthem but

the signs that men and women such as this may have given

to those around him.

As I sit here listening to our President Trump,

speaking eloquently about how we must

come together as one,  the realization hits me

that our freedom is being taken 

from our very own, not foreign countries.

Lets wake up,citizens and realize that

until we all become one, standing for a flag 

that represents unity and freedom that very

same freedom will be taken from a senseless act of

some crazy American who did not care your color,

race, age or gender.

May our God Bless all those affected by this 

ridiculous act and may those who think they are making

a point by kneeling or sitting during OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

realize they are doing nothing to stop evil from our very

own citizens.

I apologize if this blog is randomly all over the place 

and may not be written very eloquently,

My heart is just broken by this tragedy.