Nineteen Little Chairs

Books By Patti Liszkay
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​"Equal and Opposite Reactions" http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa
and the sequel, "Hail Mary" https://www.amzn.com/1684334888
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​NINETEEN LITTLE CHAIRS

      A few blocks from my house on Hamilton Road at the corner of Clark State in Gahanna, is located Peace Lutheran, a church with a wide, rolling front lawn on which there is a sign usually announcing upcoming church activities.

      But yesterday there was something else on the lawn of Peace Lutheran. 

     On the slope above the church sign there were nineteen little chairs. On either end of the little chairs were two big chairs.

     To anyone who lives in or not far from Gahanna, Ohio, I challenge you to drive by Peace Lutheran without tearing up. To anyone who can't see the nineteen little chairs for themselves, I challenge you to look at the above picture without imagining a little one whom you cherish in one of those empty chairs.
     As for me, I wasn't up to either challenge. Because when I saw those chairs I couldn't help thinking of the little ones whom I cherish above all.

       Today I wrote a letter to my Senator, Rob Portman, and told him about the nineteen little chairs and how they made me cry. I entreated him to examine his conscience and look into his soul and I demanded that he take action to ban assault rifles.
        I challenge everyone to write to their senators. We can't let them forget about the nineteen little chairs; otherwise who knows if next time it could be our child's chair that is left empty?