Again

I stood in front of the television.  And I knew.

Another base.  Another tragedy.

Feelings of tension, fear, hopeful faith, tears, agony, hearts broken, trips taken to Texas, calls to family and friends, plans and preparations that you don't want to make.

And lives changed forever.

Wives and parents.  Siblings, cousins and friends.  Their lives changed forever because you can never go back to the past moments and memories that you want to become permanent in this new reality.

There will always be a hole, a gap which can not be filled.

And it was certainly senseless.

I cried for the families of Fort Hood. 

We experienced that two years ago almost to the day that this tragedy occurred.  We know what is happening on the base to the families that were involved.  If there is one thing that the Army does right it is honoring their dead.  But they can't bring them back which is what we want them to do.

So I pray.

God send them people who know you. Let this be their revelation; "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all."