. . . and I just now remembered the blog! On Mondays I am laser-focused on the class I'm teaching. I was a bit thrown off my game this morning. Around 9:30 I got a news alert saying that there had been a multi-fatality shooting in an office near Orlando. No further details were available at that time, but I did see some footage of the area and knew it was close to where my son works. I immediately texted him -- with the awareness that there are many office buildings in Orlando -- and asked if he was okay. I knew he wouldn't be able to respond until his break. In the meantime, I watched the news (which I should know by now not to do), or at least the news website as the reporters were waiting for a press conference. Around 10:30 my son texted me back and said he was fine, but the site of the shooting was very close to where he works.
Maybe I shouldn't expect anything to happen to help restore my faith in humanity. That might not be exactly the way to phrase it; after bad things happen, many good things happen in response. But why do people do bad things in the first place? What leads them to make the decisions they make that hurt not only the immediate victims but families and communities? I know that man's inhumanity to man has been around since the dawn of time, and I also know that those kinds of questions can drive you crazy if you let them. I won't let them. It would just be nice to have a day with no killings. I know that's a lot to ask for, but a girl can dream . . .
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