“We can never say, ‘I promise it’s not going to happen at your school,’” Dr. Gurwitch, a clinical psychologist who specializes in the impact of trauma and violence on children, said. “We can say, ‘We are doing everything we know how to do to keep you safe.’” (Mervosh, New York Times)
Everything? Really? Who are the ‘we’? Doing what exactly? Safe how?
Often on a Thursday night when I sit to write my post, I am torn in multiple directions. The headlines are hard to ignore even by those of us desperate to be in the here and now, tending to our own local fires. Many folks run around propelled by the latest gossip, perhaps they too are desperate to get far away from it all? My cold run generally helps. Getting away from a screen and breathing in that mountain air a natural tonic for most.
I wake in the dark listening to the beginning of commerce passing by our home. We live on a favorite route for many, not a main thoroughfare, but a preferred road for sure. From bed I move to my yoga mat. It’s not typically a vigorous routine, but one that is dictated by Adriene. She is fun and funny, sometimes demanding, but always offering modifications, which I appreciate before I am fully awake. On this morning, the sky lit up with much fire, the sun peeking from beyond the tree tine while the still dark sky glows with hints of pink. Hard not to feel gratitude for such a dawn.
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