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My wife died in April after more than eight years of suffering. Since then, I have witnessed tragedy after tragedy take place, not directly within my family, thank G od, but in my country and in the world. Ever since Jane died I have been sadder than I ever thought possible. It's been almost nine months and I'm still crying. I am fragile, to use today's phrase.
For as long as I live I will never get over Jane's death. The hole in my heart is too large to heal. My sadness will not go away. If nothing else negative had transpired this year it would still have been the worst year of my life. But this year has been the year of so many horrible events. One after another. And every tragedy that occurs brings tears to my eyes. Here are some, but not all, of the worst.
On January 1st, the 2025 new year began when an Islamic terrorist drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans then jumped out of the truck and started shooting. He killed 14 people and injured more than fifty-seven others before police finally shot and killed him.
From January 7 through the end of the month a series of wildfires swept through southern California, particularly the Pacific Palisades and Eaton communities, burning over 57,000 acres of land, destroying over 18,000 homes and structures, and killing dozens of people. More than 200,000 evacuated. Most of the homes destroyed have still not been rebuilt even now.
On May 21 a pro-Palestine antisemite shot and killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy, a young man and his girlfriend, as they were leaving the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The Islamic terrorist was screaming “Free Palestine” and “I did it for Palestine” as he entered the building after he killed them.
In June two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses were shot at their homes by a deranged man who was captured the next day. The state representative, Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, state senator John Hoffman and his wife were seriously injured.
On Sept, 10th conservative spokesman and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk was assassinated as he was speaking with students at Utah State University. A proponent of nonviolent debate, his hallmark, he was shot dead by a pro-trans lunatic as he was engaging in a debate with students. Kirk, 31 years old, left a wife and two young children.
On November 26, two national guard members were shot in cold blood by an Afghan refugee just blocks from the White House in Washington, DC. One of the members died from her injuries, the other was critically wounded.
And last weekend, in one of the worst weekends ever, 3 more Americans were killed in Syria on December 13th by ISIS while conducting operations. That same day a mass shooting occurred at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island. Two students were killed and nine others were wounded. The killer is still at large.
The next day, December 14th the first day of Hanukkah, two Islamic State terrorists opened fire on a large gathering of Jewish people there to celebrate Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Australia. 15 people were killed including a Holocaust survivor, a 10 year old child, and a Chabad rabbi. The dead ranged in age from 10 to 87. Another 40 people were injured. One of the antisemite Islamists was killed and the other remains hospitalized. An act of pure evil, it is the most horrendous mass killing of Jews since the October 7 2023 attack in Israel by Hamas.
And the very same December 14th, Rob Reiner and his wife were knifed to death in their home in Brentwood by their son, Nick, a 32 year old with a history of drug abuse, homelessness, and mental problems. The Reiners were found dead by their daughter.
The same weekend Federal authorities say they disrupted a credible terrorist threat over the weekend, arresting four trans-antifa members of a radical pro-Palestinian anti-American extremist group accused of plotting coordinated New Year's Eve bombings at five separate locations in Los Angeles. Thankfully they got them in time.
These were just some of the tragic events so far this year. We still have a couple of weeks left. You know what? I can't wait for this year to be over. I don't need more things to make me cry. It's enough.
Postscript: There was one wonderful thing that happened this past year. My nephew, Benjamin, was married in a beautiful wedding in June. His Auntie Jane was so looking forward to being there. I believe she was.
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