I had a bunch of nonsense I was going to write this morning about our weekend plans, involving birthday parties and going to the pool, and how summer has officially arrived.
But then I sat down and heard that at least 8 people, including students, were killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning.
Santa Fe High School is less than 20 miles from my house.
First, I thought: “Oh, Santa Fe. That’s so sad. But whew, it’s not THAT close to me, so I’ll try not to worry about it.”
And then: “Don’t worry, self. There are so many thousands of schools in the country, so the odds are still really low that anything will ever happen at Emma’s school.”
And then: “WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK.”
Are school shootings so commonplace now that this is actually how I react?
What does it say that I basically said “whew, it wasn’t me” and then “the chances are still low that it’ll ever be me.”
My third thought: “At what point will I have to homeschool my kids just so I can be confident they won’t get shot at school?”
So. Yeah.
I’m feeling really sad.
And really angry.
Misti says
Me too.
I did my best not to cry when I heard about it. I work across from a school, the elementary Forest will go to in just a few years. It really unnerves me. I too think about homeschool much more frequently these days.
I know a few people down in Galveston county so I’m hoping none of them know of anyone who was at the school.
Sarah says
I really think I would be awful at homeschooling and have less-than-zero desire to do it. But I also don’t want my kids to be in danger!!