"Unthinkable"

I heard this term the other day in a teaser for a news story on the radio. "And in a few minutes, a story that involves the unthinkable."

Ok, I have a very vivid imagination. I can conceptualize nearly anything. Don't taunt me with an absolute like "unthinkable." Of course, it got the creative gears turning. What could the story be about? Cannibalism? Nah. Something to do with a kid being hurt by a loved one? Probably. It's unconscionable, but not unthinkable. I don't choose to think about it because it makes me so angry and sad. Of course, I never heard the story, but the term stuck in my mind.

Fast forward about 2 days. Some muscle head "professional" wrestler kills his wife, son, and then himself somewhere around Atlanta. I simply can't fathom what could make a father kill his own son. I'm saddened by this. If he would have killed himself, and left the others alone, it would be sad, but by a factor of 10 less than the situation as it stands.

This is the sort of thing - that just thinking about it makes me want to leave the office, go to my son's daycare and pick him up, hug him, and come back to work.

Maybe it is unthinkable. Simply because I won't let myself.