Just typing this text exchange between me and my seventh grade daughter causes me to erupt into tears.
How are we here? Why?
Do I trust the email our school district sent, reassuring that they are aware and on top of the threat?
Or do I miss a day of work and pull my child from school?
My entire blog is about trusting the process and not living in fear of truth but when it comes to my child’s life, what then?
I can’t believe we have to have this conversation but if in danger, hide and cover your head.
I send her to school knowing that even if she survives her college graduation, she then has large concerts, grocery stores and churches to survive.
It never ends. The threat remains.
If you see someone injured apply a tourniquet above the wound- meaning tie a shoelace or a shirt above the area to stop the blood flow so that they don’t bleed out.
Ooo gross.
She and dozens of others visited the school counselor yesterday. Confused. Scared. Trying to discern whether they are overreacting or reacting appropriately. How is this ever appropriate?
It’s a stark reminder that life is precious, not to be taken for granted even on the most mundane, run-of-the-mill school days.
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