Shooter incident at elementary school in Uvalde, Texas

Shooter incident at elementary school in Uvalde, Texas - 19 children and 2 adults dead

superchuck500 said
I have two girls, they're finishing first and third grade next week. We're still in the routine, we get up and get ready for school. We have breakfast and make sure they have their completed homework in their backpacks and anything on the schedule for that day in school. Every school morning is both ordinary/mundane and exciting at the same time. My wife and I want to encourage them to have a good day. We want to equip them with what they need to be healthy, happy, and engaged that day - to make the most of it.

Those families of those children started today off that same way. They had cereal and toast or whatever, they talked about homework and being excited for finishing this school year. They got on the bus or got dropped off . . . just like mine did. But they didn't come home and those families are shattered because their children were violently murdered by an 18 year old with a gun in their elementary school who killed kids for no other reason than insanity. It's so forking heart-breaking I can't stand it.

BINGO! 💯

But we must not forget about the children (and adults) that survived and particularly, those who actually witnessed their little friends/students who got shot. What these poor children, along with their moms/dads will now have to overcome and deal with, is beyond any of what we can imagine. Many, if not most, of the children that witnessed their friends being shot and killed, will forever be afraid to go back to school and or go back out into public places. This Is going to be another major mental health problem, no one has mentioned on the news.

I have a real personal life experience, when I was a teenager, where myself and another family member, came upon another family member who was murdered just a few minutes prior to our finding our beloved family member. I was in my early teens. I will never forget the scene of all of the blood and seeing our family member’s body laying on the ground. He was tied and bound, stabbed and slashed to death. He was mutilated! I have moments EVERY single day, where it flashes into my thinking. It never goes away. NEVER! It is etched in my brain. I had to go thru mental evaluations and had to be counseled for about a year afterwards. Needless to say, I became a hermit/social recluse for about a year after. No one knows the torment another person has, from having actually witnessed a tragic and life changing event, or seeing the aftermath of such a horrific and tragic event, as I did! I know what these surviving children and adults will be going thru. My parents were very concerned for my well being. I wanted them not to worry about me. But that was impossible.😢☹️