Terrorists

I just now heard that our alumna, Kayla Mueller, has been confirmed dead.  She had been held hostage by terrorists for a year and half.  A most beautiful soul by accounts from all who knew her.  Her final hours had to be terrifying beyond imagining.

We live in a world where intelligent, caring women are kidnapped from their places of giving to others and die horrific deaths because of NO REAL REASON.  Because there is evil in the world and there are those who will behead every child and torch every blade of grass just to spread the hate around.  (And anyone who thinks she really died from Jordanian airstrikes is living in a fantasy world.)

Will this be the act that galvanizes us to start caring... thousands of Middle Eastern men, women and children have died at the hands of these evil people, but maybe that was too far away, we deny knowing them. We deny they are part of us.

Of course they are -they always have been.  But now it is in our face.

President Obama just said, "Kayla represents what is best about America."

That is why she was murdered. No denying that.