I have kids in school, and while I'm in Canada, I've participated in message boards for parents since my oldest was born (she's 15, my youngest is 5, I have 4 kids total) and have many friends all over the US who have 6&7 year olds. I can't let my mind go there too much either. I had the hardest time saying bye to my 2 littlest ones this morning as they got on the bus. I wanted to gather them up and bring them back home to snuggle in bed all day. My kids are the absolute lights of my life, and I can't imagine being in that nightmare where you can't wake up.
I've been crying off and on for the last few days...feeling hopeless and powerless and angry this had to happen...fuck guns for creating this nightmare. Gun owners are terrorizing your country - what good is this brand of freedom if the NRA controls everyone's lives? How is that freedom? How is it 'freedom' to post armed guards at the entrance of a public school where kids are exercising their right to an education. What about their right to live through that education? By the way, the armed guard thing has to be the most ridiculous thing I've heard (well, except for the teachers should be armed 
) as my mom said, "then they'll just shoot the guard first." My family got together last night, all of them are staunch conservatives except for me, and all of them think Americans are fucking loony toons for their love of guns. My SIL, a cop, and someone who has a handgun permit thinks your laws are insane.
ugh. Those poor babies - I can't stop thinking about them. 
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