not the same number or ages or names not the same season but it’s always the same not the same shooter or teacher or children but always the same thoughts and prayers for the victims always the same heartbreak and anger and tears but never any action for twenty three years we are aContinue reading “it’s always the same”
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Trigger Warning:
This post is about school shootings. I wrote this on December 1, 2021, shortly after learning about the school shooting in Oxford, Michigan which left four students dead. I put it aside until now, not knowing if I’d share it (some things I need to just get down on paper for my own well-being). So why now? It’s been weeks since the shooting and the country has moved on. The victims have not. They are spending their holidays with an empty chair at the table, an empty stocking on the mantle, and empty shoes at the door. I am reminded of them as I spend my Christmas alone with my family, quarantined with covid. Our plans are canceled, but they can be rescheduled.
StigMama 