{"id":2535,"date":"2016-06-15T05:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2016-07-15T05:42:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T09:42:39","slug":"prayers-for-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_3320\"<\/a>A terrible thing has happened in Florida. A gunman went into a gay nightclub in Orlando. During Pride Month. And killed 49 people.<\/p>\n

Guns are a problem. A big one. He had a military assault weapon. No one needs that kind of personal gun ownership. Too many stories like this keep happening. And it is so so scary.<\/p>\n

We woke up to the story on Sunday morning. And by Sunday night we had to discuss it with the boys. Brendan was eager to see the Tony Awards which would pay some tribute to the lives lost even if the names were still unknown. Boston’s Pride Parade was the day before.<\/p>\n

Their questions were the same as our. How could someone do this?, why would someone do this?, could it happen here?, what can we do?<\/p>\n

What we did was go to the Boston memorial the next day. We waited (mostly patiently) for over an hour to sign the remembrance book. Brendan simply wrote, “Love who you want.”<\/p>\n

Fear is a terrible thing. We do our best to not let it dictate what we do and don’t do. But we won’t let it dictate\u00c2\u00a0who we are and who we love.<\/p>\n

Our prayer is that violence and hatred end. And love wins.<\/p>\n

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s poem at the Tony Awards that night:<\/p>\n

“My wife\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the reason anything gets done
\nShe nudges me towards promise by degrees
\nShe is a perfect symphony of one,
\nOur son is her most beautiful reprise
\nWe chase the melodies that seem to find us
\nUntil they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re finished songs and start to play
\nWhen senseless acts of tragedy remind us
\nThat nothing here is promised, not one day
\nThis show is proof that history remembers
\nWe live through times when hate and fear seem stronger
\nWe rise and fall and light from dying embers
\nRemembrances that hope and love lasts long
\nAnd love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love
\nCannot be killed or swept aside,
\nI sing Vanessa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s symphony, Eliza tells her story
\nNow fill the world with music love and pride”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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