Prayers for Florida
After the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School I just... I’m speechless. I am sure I’m not speaking for just myself when I say we as a country have been desensitized to things as such. I just.. see these thing son the news, and I pray for them, and I try and help but it doesn’t touch me. It doesn’t reach into my life and change some aspect of safety nobody seems to discuss. I don’t really know how to explain this with my usual eloquence. I usually formulate my thoughts so quickly, even if that’s just a facade I put on to appear confident. But I don’t know how I feel right now. Everything has happened so fast and it’s too much. But this is important to discuss. And, yes, I do hold the seemingly unpopular opinion of sending prayers our way as being a helpful thing. Regardless, let us not politicize this tragedy. Not now. Not so soon. Let us grieve the innocent lives taken. I live less than 30 minutes from the Parkland shooting. I had no idea if my family was safe, where they were. The first thing I thought was that my older cousin was dead. And that was horrifying. It was tragic. It was disgusting that anybody would even conceive the idea to go and kill. Go and end innocent lives. When we woke up today, we did not foresee our neighbors would be brutally murdered. Much less children. It was a normal day. And, yes, I can see this turning into a ramble. But I need to formulate my thoughts on this. My emotions are a mess, I’m tearing up as I write this. The fact that someone I know and i love could have been injured or even killed in this senseless act of violence is horrific. #PrayersForFlorida
