Mother of Arizona shooting victim visits Newtown
When the Greens had returned home from the hospital after saying goodbye to Christina-Taylor, they also were met with cheerful Christmas decorations, as well as presents opened but barely played with. That Christmas, Christina-Taylor had gotten the guitar she'd always wanted.
"I'm not saying it wouldn't be any worse on, say, March 1, but this is what they are going to remember forever about Christmas," Green said. She sighed.
"I just felt their pain all over again. I felt so bad and helpless," she said.
She cried in the car for the hourlong ride back to New York.
Green is planning a return trip to Newtown on Jan. 14. She knows that she is inescapably qualified to understand, and she wants to help.
Green tried grief counseling, and though some people find solace and answers there, she found that other mothers who had lost children helped her the most.
That's why she is going back: "What if there are moms out here like me?"
When Green returns, she will take an angel ornament, either silver or copper, for each family.
"It symbolizes hope," Green says, "and an angel in heaven."
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