Tragic

You read it on the papers, you watch in the news. You think it happens to other people and you feel sad for them. But if it happens to someone you know, then you become numb with shock. I just found out that my friend's mom and three year old daughter were killed and burned by robbers inside their home in Talayan Village. (You can read the story here.) You wonder how people can be so gruesome, how life can be so cruel. What is the world coming to? After the deaths of 10 people in the RCBC bank robbery, I've become vigilant in everything I do. You'll never know what will happen next won't you?

I feel for my friend and his wife. Their little girl was much awaited. She came ten years after her older brother. And like every child, she was innocent of what was happening, just in the wrong place at the wrong time. My friend and his wife brought her to his mom's house after her first day in school. Who would have thought this would happen? I imagine her confusion and fear during that time. I pray that she did not have to suffer much. I pray for Oman and Eileen and their son, J3. I pray for strength and peace of mind for them. It is just so tragic, so tragic.