I was looking at CNN’s Special Report page where they have the pictures of those who were killed during the horrible shooting at Virginia Tech university. It got me thinking. The loss of life is so tragic because that person had a father, mother, husband or wife, brother/sister, friends, maybe even children. And in one second they are gone. I definitely feel for those who lost someone close that Monday morning, and my thoughts and prayers are with them.

Now while I have you thinking about that. Think what if that was your loved one, feel that pain? It hurts doesn’t it?

Now think of those who live in war and domestic conflict zones around the world, where people are being randomly killed from roadside bombs, stray fire or deliberate bombings. — Imagine if that was your loved one, your child.

No one should have to live in that kind of fear. The tragedies that befell Virginia Tech that fateful Monday are but a small taste at home of the real tragedy that is continuing worldwide. Places where when you kiss your kids before they go off to school, you live in fear they may not come back home alive.

“It’s not just one life, it’s somebody’s loved one.” - Listen to the rest of this great song sung by a good friend of mine, Marianna Buhring. It drives this point home.