Every school shooting is awful, but I was especially horrified by the one in Minneapolis yesterday. Beyond the pathos of children being shot as they gathered in the sanctuary for the first mass of the year, perhaps the fact that the Catholic school that was targeted was only about three-and-a-half miles from where my mother lived also made this attack seem close to home. My mom would have been so upset with such a senseless act of violence, and in her neighborhood, too.
When someone dies, it's common to regret all the happy occasions, holidays, graduations, weddings, and other milestones that they will miss. However, since 2019, there has also been a litany of bad news that I'm glad my mom did not have to endure.
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