Category Archives: Mass Shootings

I Am Not Okay

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Silverwynde

I am absolutely not okay. We all know about the shooting at a Virginia Walmart, how a shift manager walked into the break room and started firing, killing six people. How that same manager turned the weapon on himself, taking … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Silverwynde

He had a bad day. That’s what the sheriff said about the 21 year old Georgia man who killed eight people in an apparent mass shooting. He had a bad day. If his day was so awful, his victims’ day … Continue reading →

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Sacrificial Lambs

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Silverwynde

It was a normal dinner on that evening in 1996. But it was also one that I can never forget: it was the day when I lost my father. As always, we were watching the national news during dinner. Then … Continue reading →

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Another Day in America

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Silverwynde

By now, you’ve heard: the shooting at the Garlic Festival and now, one at a Mississippi Walmart. Already, someone on Facebook has pulled the “don’t politicize the death of a child” bullshit, claiming that unless you’re upset about deaths in … Continue reading →

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Just Another Day in America

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Silverwynde

I was going to post something rather light today, something easy to read, as the news lately hasn’t been kind and we’re all fatigued. But I can’t. Not today. Not after this. Another school shooting. More children dead. More children … Continue reading →

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The Time is Now

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Silverwynde

By now, you know about the shooting at the University of North Carolina. You probably also know that the suspect has been caught and booked for murder. Before you ask: yes, he looks extremely white, which would explain why he was taken … Continue reading →

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Social Anxiety

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Silverwynde

It has been an awful span of weeks. Last February, I had my MRI. Two weeks ago, I had a dentist’s appointment. Last week, I had a doctor’s appointment and a dental appointment and Prime was sick the entire week. … Continue reading →

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This Happened

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Silverwynde
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Numb

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Silverwynde

Again, we have yet another school shooting. Again, we have offers of thoughts and prayers but no real action. Again, we have those placing the blame for this on anything from abortion to taking god out of the schools to … Continue reading →

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Too Broke to Fix

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Silverwynde

We’ve heard about the shooting at a Waffle House. What you may not know is that the shooter’s father returned his guns. The shooter had been arrested for trespassing on White House grounds and never should have had a gun in … Continue reading →

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