I Remember

I remember holding a newborn daughter and shuddering at what evil this world held. I remember looking at two precious boys and wondering what their future would require of them. I remember a little 5 year old girl who suggested to her mommy that we put up his picture on telephone poles in our neighborhood, as her sweet, practical way of doing what she could. I remember the horror, the fear. Tonight, I rejoice that the instigator is caught to face the Righteous Judge. But I WILL not dance. I will not be as they were when unimaginable evil befell our land--though that was unprovoked and this is just deserts.  I will remember that we are "under God". We are Americans.   We ought to be better than that.