My mom is an elementary school teacher and I just got home from school to see her hunched over, weeping at the kitchen table.
I can't breathe. I don't know what to say. I'm just sitting on my floor. I don't know how to react.
20 INNOCENT CHILDREN DIED TODAY. SOMEONE TOOK 20 LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT YET BEGUN TO LIVE THEIRS. 6 TEACHERS WHO WERE DEVOTING THEIR TIME TO TEACHING, TO SUPPORTING, TO LOVING THEIR STUDENTS. 2 PARENTS WHO RAISED HIM, GAVE HIM LOVE AND SUPPORT AND A LIFE. GONE. HOW CAN YOU TAKE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO GAVE YOU LIFE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT YET HAD A LIFE?
I'm going to be sick.