Aug 4, 2019
"I never thought anything like this would ever happen at my school."
An article I wrote after my school shooting
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"I never thought anything like this would ever happen at my school."
An article I wrote after my school shooting
@risinglifeband at #marshallstrong benefit. Very supportive of my friends and they did an awesome job!! (at Daffenville, Kentucky)
Nashville's Batman Building lit in orange and blue for Marshall County (Kentucky) High School shooting victims. Photo taken Monday, January 29, 2018. Much love from Nashville.
Know in your heart that you are never alone and you are never forgotten. You are in our club, and you are in the company of heroes. Keep breathing.
Kelly Carneal Firesheets (older sister of Michael Carneal, convicted shooter in the 1997 Heath High School shooting in Paducah, KY— speaking to MCHS survivors)
Finally put my stickers on my car! #marshallstrong #bethanyshope
When we are weak, He is strong. #MarshallisStrongBCHeIsStrong 💙🧡💙 #LoveRemains #MarshallStrong
This has been a week
I got a text from Dad on Monday saying Grandpa had fell that morning and wasn’t feeling right afterwards. He was later taken to the hospital by ambulance and after they ran a bunch of test everything came back okay. He was sent home. Thank God he was okay.
Tuesday I was awakened to a phone call from my dad of a shooting at my cousin’s high school. She was okay. Everyone else I personally knew was okay as well. But two students died and 14 had some type of gunshot wound. A few were airlifted to Vanderbilt in Nashville. Everyone seems to be recovering okay.
Thursday I got a text from my dad saying my Grandmaw was being taken to the hospital by ambulance and if you know her at all then this is super rare. Turns out she has vertigo and was given some meds to help it and sent home. Thank God it wasn’t anything worse.
Then later that night I went with my cousin and some of her friends to the candle vigil being held because of the school shooting earlier this week. It was tough to be there, but also felt nice at the same time. I see these kinds of things all the time on the news, but when it hits your community it becomes super hard. I can’t stop reading all the post by everyone and watching the videos. I’ve cried so much. But being around those kids tonight it was heartbreaking. Those kids are super strong. They all came together as one cohesive group tonight and it was beautiful.
Afterwards I hung out with a small group of them and my heart breaks for them. I heard their stores of what they experienced and it was all could do to hold back the tears. We ended up in Walmart at one point tonight and they were trying to have a good time, but you could tell they were hurting. One guy said he hasn’t sleep much at all since it happened. One girl said she can’t sleep through the night. Another one joked about something and they all discovered they were laughing to cover the pain. Something else got said at one point and my cousin was like damn I’m depressed and super sad. I gave her a hug. One guy ended up getting melatonin just so he could sleep tonight. They all went and bought comfort food because they needed it. They were joking and being silly, but you could tell they were in pain. This tragedy has changed them. It hurts my heart. It was sad to see them like this. But it was also comforting to me in a way. I’ve been sad over this whole thing, but I hadn’t got to see it from a high school students stand point yet. Tonight I was able to witness that. It gave me peace in a weird way to know that they all believe they will eventually be okay one day. As sad as I am I can’t even begin to imagine how sad they all must be. I know they are sad, but I also saw how strong they are. I know each one of them will heal in their own way & in their own time. Not today, not tomorrow, but one day they will start to heal.
We as a community came together tonight for a candle vigil because of the school shooting earlier this week. This is was the first one of these I’ve ever been to and it was heart breaking, yet heart warming at the same time. These kids are strong and they proved that tonight. #marshallstrong