In light of the horrible tragedy at Columbine
High School
in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999,
We must pray for our children more earnestly
than ever before!
Painting was done in memory of the children
of the
Oklahoma bombing tragedy.
We pray for the Children
who sneak Popsicles before supper,
who erase holes in math workbooks,
who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those who stare
at photographers from behind barbed wire,
who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,
who never "counted potatoes",
who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught dead,
who never go to the circus,
who live in an X-rated world.
We pray for
children who bring us sticky kisses and
fistfulls of dandelions,
who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money.
And we pray for those who never get dessert,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who can't find any bread to steal,
who don't have any rooms to clean up
whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser,
whose monsters are real.
We pray for children who spend their allowance before
Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store
and pick at their food,
who like ghost stories;
who shove dirty clothes under the bed,
who never rinse out the tub,
who get visits from the tooth fairy,
who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool,
who squirm in church and scream in the phone,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
whose smiles can make us cry.
And we pray for those
whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who have never seen a dentist,
who aren't spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
who live and move, but have no being.
We pray for children who want to be carried
and for those who must,
who we never give up on
and for those who don't get a second chance.
For those we smother and...
for those who will grab the hand
of anybody kind enough to offer it.
In Memory of.......
Natalie Brooks, student age 12
Paige Ann Herring, student age 12
Stephanie Johnson, student age 12
Brittany R. Varner, student age 11
Shannon Wright, Teacher age 32
This is in memory of the children and teacher
killed in the shooting
on Tuesday, March 24, 1998, in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Author Unknown
May this candle be our way of keeping
the students of Columbine High School
and families of Littleton, Colorado,
on our hearts and in our prayers
after the terrible tragedy of April 20, 1999.
Teacher Killed
William "Dave" Sanders
Students Killed
Cassie Bernall
Steven Curnow
Corey Depooter
Kelly Fleming
Matthew Ketcher
Daniel Mauser
Daniel Rohrbough
Rachael Scott
Isaiah Shoels
Lauren Townsend
John Tomlin
Kyle Velasquez
23 injured
Stop the
Violence!!!
Thank you Danny for allowing me to use your
work!
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