Bad News, bad news

Got some bad news from P— in my e-mail this morning. I dated P— off and on, before I met Elsie. P— wrote:

My son Brandon was killed this morning by a hit and run driver. He was 19 years old.

Hardly knew how to respond. There are times the world seems so tragic, I could spend days crying. What I did say is that I grieve on her behalf, and would pray for her & her family.

You don't know P— or her son, but the divine spirit does. Offer up healing thoughts today for this child broken too soon. Pray also for children broken too soon all over the world.

And, I suppose, pray for that driver as well. We can only guess why they didn't stop, or what they are feeling right now. I suppose all hypothesis would lead to an appropriate prayer.