Felix Nihamin

Life is Unpredictable

As the news spread of the senseless and tragic violence that struck a Colorado movie theater by the hands of a madman last week, I find myself, like the rest of the country, reeling by the randomness of it all.  And on the day that followed the tragedy, I had to explain to my daughters why I was not willing to enter a movie theater on a rainy afternoon at the beach.  So, in an attempt to explain and reflect on random acts of violence, I was hard pressed to provide a rational reason to my young children why they should not be afraid to go to the movies or to school or sightsee or ride public transportation.

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