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Terrorism is not new to this nation, they started killing us in  parks, markets, mosques and wherever they felt like. Often in the final exams and even in normal classed students are asked to write about the prevailing Terrorism in the country and its side effects. Every time I had to write on the topic, I would always add a paragraph or two about how this terrorism has helped us grow stronger, braver, how after it all happens we don't stop living, ever. Terrorists have failed to terrorize us, again and again. Then on 16th December, 2014, they finally succeeded, they killed 132 children, killed them brutally, killed them all at once without a warning. They deprived 132 mothers of their children, they took away 132 future artists, scientists or teachers from the country. They ended 132 dreams all at once. But that isn't the only thing they did. Yes things are going back to normal, we still live, go about our businesses, laugh occasionally but not until the world goes to sleep

I tried to cry, tears din't come. I tried screaming, couldn't make a sound. I tried to look away, the images were stuck in my head. A sudden dysponea took over me, when I saw a mother who couldn't breathe looking at her son, 5 year old son, still, so still he would never move. There were other mothers stuck in disbelief, fathers mourning, siblings trying to stay strong for the family or what was left of it. 123 children died today, were killed brutally in their school, leaving behind this hollowness, which may never be filled, ever. But it isn't the first time this has happened neither the last, the magnitude may be higher today but we have gotten used to it. The frequency has made numb if not apathetic We get over things too fast. We forget too soon. We forgive too easily. Tomorrow we will go off to work as if nothing happened, a day after that or maybe two we will start laughing again. It will only take a week for us to forget it all. But for some, they'll be r