A Stolen Life
In May of 2012 a man drove out of a campground after spending the weekend with his 17-year-old twin daughters and the family dog. Instead of turning left to head back into the city, he turned right and drove at high speed straight into a cement truck killing all of them on impact. I cried every day for a month. The news of the tragedy went on for weeks. Who could do this to their own kids and why? It came out that his ex-wife had a restraining order against him. He also had an alcohol problem. Think of the anger that was festering in him. The wrath he must have felt toward his ex raged in his heart until one day he just snapped. So many lives forever changed. So many questions as to how this could have been prevented. Didn’t someone see his spiralling downward and try to help? Where was his support? I have the same questions about the school shooter in Uvalde Texas in the US. Didn’t anyone see the warning signs and try to reach out. The s...