Wear Green and White Monday, December 17, 2012

My friend and co-worker Michael reminded me to wear green and white tomorrow, Monday, December 17, 2012.

Green and white are the elementary school colors for Sandy Hook Elementary.  I will wear them to stand in solidarity with the families and friends of the little victims, as well as the adults that lost their lives.

The victims were as follows (courtesy of the Huffington Post):

- Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female
- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male
- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female.
- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female
- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female
- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female
- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male
- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female
- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female
- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female
- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male
- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male
- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male
- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female
- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female
- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female
- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male
- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male
- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female
- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female
- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female
- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)
- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female
- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female
- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male
- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female

As you know, if you read this blog and are friends with me or follow me on social media, this incident shook me up pretty bad.  I have six beautiful children and one of them is in Kindergarten.  As President Barack Obama said in his remarks directly after the attack, I looked at the tragedy through the lens of being a father of my own little precious children.

Thus, I am wearing green and white for the victims, as well as those that I love dearly.  We were all affected.

Wear green and white on Monday, December 17, 2012.

Love,

I. C.