Through Her Eyes, Only

Posted November 4, 2014 at 3:02 pm by

Local Mother, Poet/Playwright, School Board member, Producer of Write Doe Bay and Blogger  Jennifer Beck Furber has been picked up by Huffington Post with her essay about the recent Marysville school shooting. Very thought provoking, and well written with a different angle than what most of the media these days does with an event such as this. Check it out…

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Through Her Eyes, Only (How I’ll See the Marysville Shooting)

I always want to know about the hearts that break more than I want to hear about the one who breaks hearts. I want to believe in safety and peace and wake tomorrow to know that the shooting in Marysville — which marked the 39th school shooting since January 9, 2014 — will be the last. I need to know this is the one that changes it all. I need to believe hearts will swell and it will never be otherwise.

Actions like this begin with a break, a shift. Be it a chemical brainwave or physical shockwave, every move leads to another. Death starts long before the safety is off. [Continue reading at Huffington Post.]

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