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Florida School Shooting...

Don't read this if you think it's too sad or uncomfortable to read because I'm going to talk about people dying.

(Btw, the picture above is a picture that I took when I was in Florida. It's a beautiful place.)

If you haven't heard, there was a shooting in Florida (a state in the USA) on February 14th, aka Valentine's Day. It wasn't just a shooting, it was a school shooting.

17 people died. S-e-v-e-n-t-e-e-n. And many more were injured.

I think this is VERY upsetting. I can't seem to be able to wrap my mind around the fact that someone can be SO sick and SO messed up that they think harming others will make whatever they're going through better. It'll fix things. All of their problems will go away. It will make them happy. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY? I need an answer for that, it's sad to even think that that is even a question because it shouldn't be.

I also can't believe that this has become the norm. Nowadays, so many people see things about school shootings or just shootings in general and think, "Again? Whatever." because they're so used to it. They're used to hearing about bad news on the news or on social media or in person every day, that they don't care. They should care though. People have become numb to this, they don't know what to say other than, "Oh that's sad, they're in my thoughts and prayers." and then get over it so unbelievably fast. That's if they even say anything, others will just read or hear about it and pretend like it never happened or they weren't aware of it.

We need to fix this problem, because it's unfair to everyone. Unfair that innocent people's lives have been taken, unfair that their families/friends/teachers/students, etc. have to suffer, unfair that it's "not important" anymore and "just something we have to get used to."

It wasn't like this back then, so why is it like this now? We could definitely do something about this but some adults aren't taking action and that's just causing for this to happen over and over again. And every time the same thing happens; people are upset for a few days, maybe a week, and then everyone moves on until the next shooting occurs and the cycle continues. That's just dumb. If people actually did something about this, this shooting and so many others before this one could've been prevented. But of course, nothing has changed.

One thing that REALLY gets to me though is that those 17 people (and all of the students and teachers at that school) all went to school that day like it was any other day. It was just a normal Wednesday, only thing that made it kind of special was that it was Valentine's Day, but not everyone cares about that or celebrates it. Little did those 17 people know that they wouldn't be able to say goodbye to the people they loved. They wouldn't be able to say goodbye to their pets. They wouldn't be able to even get through the rest of their day. Whatever they had planned that day or that week or whenever in their life, they couldn't make it to that. So many dreams and things they wanted to do/could've done, but nope, not possible for them anymore. THAT is SO sad to me. Little did the parents, families, friends, teachers, students, etc. of those people know that whenever they had last seen those people, it REALLY WAS the last time they'd see them.

I saw this video while scrolling through Instagram on February 15th posted by buzzfeednews about the shooting. It was a video of people at the candlelight that was held today in honor of the 17 people who died and their families and basically to spend time talking about and grieving the shooting. There was a father of one of the students involved in the shooting who sadly didn't make it. He spoke and his words h u r t. The pain in his voice and his hand movements showed how upset and mad he was. It was heartbreaking to watch, so imagine how HE and his wife must be feeling knowing that they've just lost their daughter at a place where you think and trust is safe. Also, one thing that he spoke about and really broke my heart even more was that most days, his daughter was in a rush to get to school and not to be late so she'd quickly say bye to her dad and he sometimes didn't have enough time to tell her that he loved her. He couldn't remember if he said, "I love you" to his daughter that morning before she left to school.

I have a lot more to say about this but I've already made this long enough, so I might make another chapter about this topic. Anyways, just be grateful for your life and everything you have because it can be taken away in seconds. It really can.

💔🙏