I thought this group would especially appreciate this essay. While my heart goes out to the victims of the Colorado tragedy and their families, I find myself feeling a certain empathy for the parents of the killer, because of my own experiences with mental illness in family members (and reading these boards). They're in my prayers, too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/when-you-are-the-parent-o_b_1696465.html
The final line of this piece says it all:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/when-you-are-the-parent-o_b_1696465.html
The final line of this piece says it all:
There but for the grace of God, genetics, misfiring neurons, and random happenstance, go all of us.