No, Karen, your picture is not the one that I saw on CNN. But, yours is no less touching. In the picture I saw, the man was lying fully on the ground with his German Shepherd at his side.

I attended a noon prayer Mass today and our priest asked before Mass started that we turn and greet all of our neighbors and give them a hug. As I hugged so many living humans, many total strangers to me, I started to cry. All of the pent-up emotion finally came out. So I prayed for all of the souls lost, all of the souls who have lost loved ones, all of those souls who are searching and for their four legged companions.

And finally I prayed for the poor misguided souls who planned this horror and brought us to today.

I don't feel fear, I don't have anger, but I am incredibly sad. But I also remind myself that it is important to have hope.