So Tonight... My 85+ Year Old Mom Is Sobbing Uncontrollably...

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44. What seems hopeless?

It is never going to be a perfect world. Is that what you are hoping for?

There are always going to be some murders going on somewhere. We will never rid the world of homicide. Why should the death of this Japanese journalist seem more heartbreaking, than, for example, the death of Alexis Kane on January 11th. She was only 14 years old. She didn't enter some war zone and get captured. She was just growing up in the heart of America. She wasn't killed by some religious fanatic on some jihad. She was allegedly killed by some teenage boys, also growing up in the heart of America. http://jezebel.com/three-teens-charged-in-shooting-death-of-14-year-old-gi-1682470848

And if that's not depressing enough, here's a 7 month old baby killed in a drive by shooting http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/05/8-month-old-baby-shot-during-kck-drive-by/

And here's a two year old beaten to death by his mom's boyfriend http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article6016680.html

And the beat goes on.