“The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old,” he said. .
After pausing to compose himself for 12 long seconds, Mr. Obama went on, “They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.”
ot but i went to the funeral of the mother of a high school freshman a while back and one of the things the preacher said was "she'll never help you get ready for prom or see you in your wedding dress" and i was like IS THIS THE TIME? REALLY?????
no it didn't lighten up the mood at all, it just made us all incredibly sad. lightening up the mood is like "they're in a better place~" not "well you don't have a mom anymore"
i hate it too but this was a super religious funeral so i would've preferred to hear it over a list of things that this girl will never get to do with her mom. (to be fair her mom was suffering from terminal cancer so really, in this case she was in a better place)
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-15 01:00 am (UTC)(link)After pausing to compose himself for 12 long seconds, Mr. Obama went on, “They had their entire lives ahead of them: birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.”
stabs my heart
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-15 01:18 am (UTC)(link)she's not being serious. it's ill timed, but sarcasm is how some people deal with things.
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(Anonymous) 2012-12-15 01:11 am (UTC)(link)i get that it's trying to lighten up the mood, but way to invalidate someone's sense of grief.
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