What to Write After Another School Shooting
After Kate Baer
When my son started to walk, I naturally started shoe shopping. I gushed over little rainboots. Snow boots. Tiny flip-flops. Slippers. Have you ever swooned over a tiny pair of boat shoes? Cause I have. I once saw a pair of Spider-Man sneakers that lit up and was about to buy them until my sister gently reminded me that he wouldn't be allowed to wear them at preschool. Confused, I asked, Why? Her face softened. She gently touched my hand — school officials advise against it because it will make it easier for the active shooters to see them. Today, we went back-to-school shopping, and my almost four-year-old still asks for light-up shoes, and I still tell him no, and then the phone buzzes, and there's another school shooting, and it takes all of my energy not to scream in the middle of the aisle of neon colored sneakers, enough is enough is ENOUGH.