It has been so difficult to come to terms with the fact we live in a country where guns are prioritized over children's lives, pregnant people's lives, Black and Brown lives... where a 13 year old can't buy a lottery ticket but can walk into a gun show and buy a rifle from a private dealer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7MwvqCtlk). Sending solidarity. Immersing myself in art and writing and creative work has been a coping mechanism this week, but I've cried a lot as I slept next to my almost 5 year old and imagined her doing active shooter drills in kindergarten.
I imagine that it's a special brand of terrifying for parents. I also have found solace in art and the voices of others--we are not alone in seeing this stark reality. I have to remind myself of that.
On Tuesday evening, I volunteered at our elementary school’s pto picnic. I watched all those happy, laughing, squealing babes run and play and tried not to cry in public. Shootings anywhere are horrible, but kids with lives cut needlessly short are a special category of heartbreaking.
A category that we shouldn't have to even reckon with...it's hard to hold space for the joy and innocence of kids and the grief we're all feeling right now.
It has been so difficult to come to terms with the fact we live in a country where guns are prioritized over children's lives, pregnant people's lives, Black and Brown lives... where a 13 year old can't buy a lottery ticket but can walk into a gun show and buy a rifle from a private dealer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB7MwvqCtlk). Sending solidarity. Immersing myself in art and writing and creative work has been a coping mechanism this week, but I've cried a lot as I slept next to my almost 5 year old and imagined her doing active shooter drills in kindergarten.
I imagine that it's a special brand of terrifying for parents. I also have found solace in art and the voices of others--we are not alone in seeing this stark reality. I have to remind myself of that.
On Tuesday evening, I volunteered at our elementary school’s pto picnic. I watched all those happy, laughing, squealing babes run and play and tried not to cry in public. Shootings anywhere are horrible, but kids with lives cut needlessly short are a special category of heartbreaking.
A category that we shouldn't have to even reckon with...it's hard to hold space for the joy and innocence of kids and the grief we're all feeling right now.