I am saddened beyond belief at the recent events in Las Vegas. An old, dear friend, her daughter works at the Mandalay and thankfully, when I reached out to Tracy, Taylor and her boyfriend were traveling on vacation and were far away from the madness that unfolded that night. I worked in Vegas for three years- no I wasn’t a dealer, I was a field editor for the phone company training sales reps on how to do their job. But Vegas was always so alive and vibrant watching it grow dark in memory of the fallen victims was life- altering for me.There is a song trending now, you can also find it on YouTube by Maren Morris and Vince Gill called Dear Hate. If you haven’t heard it- look it up and bring kleenix. Prayers to the city and the victims. I don’t think they will ever find out why this happened. I just hope it never happens again.
It is a terrible thing. People say that such killings are senseless, but, unfortunately, they are not senseless to those who commit them. Hate makes perfect sense to those fuelled by it. I think that’s even sadder than the killing.