Christina-Taylor Green was almost the same age as my Gage. She had just joined the student counsel at her school. She wanted to know the way government worked. that is why when asked, she accepted an offer to go hear her congresswoman speak at the grocery store on Saturday. She wanted to learn more, so does Gage - maybe it is their age where curosity is perhaps, at its highest.
The details are almost more than one can comprehend. But for Christina, her Story can be told as a short, shelf of books between two bookends. I think all our lives bear the bookends analog. Some of us, obviously, have a long line, maybe multiple book cases filled the the Stories of our lives. Christine's Story starts on 9/11/2001.In the midst of the worst tragedy in American history, Christina came into the world and drew her first breath. In an interview on Sunday, her father said, she came in on a tragedy, and she went out on one. What are the chances that someone, anyone would have that kind of Story to tell? Her legacy is yet to come. Her family left with her bookends.
Many lessons to learn. We can't know how much time we have with each other. Bad things have always happened and always will. Sometime, it will affect us. It will be our turn, that is just the way it is. Our Stories will be bookends for those who love us. May God have mercy on us all...
