Today was a somber day and we fasted for a family who experienced a horrific tragedy yesterday. Our kids don’t quite comprehend the situation and they seem confused to see their parents crying. We tried to maintain some normalcy for them and had them set up some Halloween decorations while we prepared a simple dinner of fruit and muffins. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family.

My original goal for the next few weeks was to journal something positive from the day and sometimes the positive can be extremely hard to notice in the face of an overwhelmingly sad day.