Image of the day.

Courtesy of Captain Cartoon:

 I've drawn nearly 35,000 caricatures, the vast majority of them children — and many from the northeast! Through my vast experience interacting with these angels, I feel a huge sense of loss over the Sandy Hook tragedy. 

The 11" x 14" black and white original artwork, shown at left, will either be donated to a sanctioned organization directly associated with the victims' families, or submitted for auction with all proceeds going to the families. As details emerge and it becomes clearer as to where to send it, that decision will be made.

Along with countless millions of people from around the world, I continue to grieve over this monumental "someone's just crossed the line" travesty, and pray for the victims and their families, for whom December 14, 2012 began a "neverending story" of tragic proportion, and for us all - especially for our children.

I often wish I had the talent to express my emotion in such an artistic manner.

I am touched both by the illustration and this artist's selfless desire to support the heartbroken families in Newtown, Connecticut.

Here is the list, released earlier today, of all of the victims of the school shooting in Connecticut yesterday.

Courtesy of ABC News:

Charlotte Bacon, 6

Daniel Barden, 7 

Rachel Davino, 29 

Olivia Engel, 6 

Josephine Gay, 7 

Ana Marquez-Greene, 6 

Dylan Hockley, 6 

Dawn Hocksprung, 47 

Madeline Hsu, 6 

Catherine Hubbard, 6 

Chase Kowalski, 7 

Jesse Lewis, 6 

James Mattioli, 6 

Grace McDonnell, 7 

Anne Marie Murphy, 52 

Emilie Parker, 6 

Jack Pinto, 6 

Noah Pozner, 6 

Caroline Previdi, 6 

Jessica Rekos, 6 

Avielle Richman, 6 

Lauren Russeau, 30 

Mary Sherlach, 56 

Victoria Soto, 27 

Benjamin Wheeler, 6 

Allison Wyatt, 6

And this from the AP:  

All six adults killed at the school were women. Of the 20 children who were shot to death, eight were boys and 12 were girls. All the children were ages 6 or 7.

Also despite initial reports. which seem to have been almost universally incorrect, we now know that the killer used  a semi-automatic to kill all of the people he killed in that school.

I don't know if learning these new details helps in any way, or simply causes more tears to flow, however I offer it up in the hopes that knowing it will help us to work through our confusion and our pain.