Life is crazy.
The world is such a scary and sad place right now.
I'm doing my best to keep my positive outlook that I typically live life with.
Looking for ways to support my friends, my family, my community who has been affected so negatively by this senseless killing spree one awful person chose to induce on so many innocent people.
I'm sad, i'm scared, i'm hurting for those who had to experience the tragic events that happened on Sunday night. I'm aching for the families of those lost. My heart breaks for my friends who will never be able to erase the things they had to witness that night. And i'm praying that together we can find a way to heal each other, to stop hate by being more loving, more kind.
It's been really beautiful to see how my city has come together during this tragedy. But it's a shame that it had to take something so fucking awful to do so.
As a native to Las Vegas, I know that this town is so much more than just a city of sin... this is my home, where I have experienced every up and down life has thrown at me. Where I have grown, where I have played, where I have loved, where I have made my home and my life with my family and my friends. Although I was not at Route91 and didn't personally experience this terror, I know many people who have and it also happened in my home town, the place I have lived for 26years, so it feels like a personal attack.
I will never and never want to understand how a person can be so broken and so evil to take anyones life, in any way or form, let alone to the extent that was taken on Sunday night. This traumatic experience will linger in our hearts forever, but as a city we will unite and we will stay strong.
I want to say thank you to anyone who has reached out to me and my family, anyone who has donated even as much as $1 to help the victims and their families here in Las Vegas.
If you are interested in ways you can help, even from afar, please reach out to me. There are ways for everyone to help, even just praying for the city of Las Vegas, for those effected, for the first responders and medical staff.
I want to end this post by telling each of you that I love you. You are loved. If ever you are in need, please know that you can reach out. Please know that someone is here for you, during times of happiness or deep sadness, you are not alone.
Love & Light,
Ashley
