I first heard about a gunman on the campus of Michigan State University around 9pm Monday. Panic flew into my throat on a gasp. I know tragedy will find me, but not this. Not this. I called my son. Thankfully, he answered right away. “I’m in my dorm with my roommate. We’re safe.”
Feb 20, 2023·edited Feb 20, 2023Liked by Kate Shaffar
So very scary and darned right infuriating. I am glad your son got home to you. Thank you for sharing. My son is older but he moved to the Twin Cities, MN in October of 2021 from Duluth, MN. He was 26 at the time and wanted to try living somewhere else. Of course, I had to let him go. He was/is an adult after all and had already been living on his own. I prayed he would be okay. He moved back a year later and is across the bridge from me now. He told me about the shootings not far from the apartment buildings he lived in, only after he moved back.. He knew I would be worried sick otherwise. I knew the areas he was living were and could be dangerous but he wanted to go. I just trusted God would watch over him. This is different than the horror you and your son went through, I know, but my heart hurt for you and your son, as I know how much our kids mean to us. I have told my son more than once he is the best thing his dad and I ever did in our marriage. I cannot imagine walking this earth and not having my son our there somewhere. I pray your song will be okay after this and am grateful he is alive to come back to you, dear.
My heart is pounding reading this, in addition to accounts from young people who’ve lived through two and more such scenarios. I really appreciate your acknowledgment of all aspects of this anxiety-inducing reality and how far-reaching it is. My heart goes out to you.
You express the feelings of many. Sad times. Xxx
So very scary and darned right infuriating. I am glad your son got home to you. Thank you for sharing. My son is older but he moved to the Twin Cities, MN in October of 2021 from Duluth, MN. He was 26 at the time and wanted to try living somewhere else. Of course, I had to let him go. He was/is an adult after all and had already been living on his own. I prayed he would be okay. He moved back a year later and is across the bridge from me now. He told me about the shootings not far from the apartment buildings he lived in, only after he moved back.. He knew I would be worried sick otherwise. I knew the areas he was living were and could be dangerous but he wanted to go. I just trusted God would watch over him. This is different than the horror you and your son went through, I know, but my heart hurt for you and your son, as I know how much our kids mean to us. I have told my son more than once he is the best thing his dad and I ever did in our marriage. I cannot imagine walking this earth and not having my son our there somewhere. I pray your song will be okay after this and am grateful he is alive to come back to you, dear.
Terrifying, infuriating, and heartbreaking all at once. You captured every bit of it.
My heart is pounding reading this, in addition to accounts from young people who’ve lived through two and more such scenarios. I really appreciate your acknowledgment of all aspects of this anxiety-inducing reality and how far-reaching it is. My heart goes out to you.