I went to my son’s Little League game on Tuesday, and the parents were quieter than usual, as if we all felt guilty about enjoying something innocent on such a brutal day. I definitely felt guilty. It was impossible not to think of those families in Texas, just getting the unimaginable news.
We are a day and a half removed from the latest American horror, the slaughter of 19 children and 2 teachers in an elementary school classroom, and though my thoughts are primarily with their loved ones, who face unbearable anguish, I feel this entire country is quietly traumatized. We don’t talk about that trauma enough, but it’s surely there, and I hope you’re doing OK.
