1/3/24 Dear diary today my daughter asked what a school shooting was and why people did it. I couldn’t dummy it down because what would that have been doing to the kids. I told her the hard truth because that Is what I believed was right. What is protecting kids when all we are doing is shielding them from the truth. "1/3/04 Dear diary I couldn’t sleep so walked to the door get mom. The TV was on and news caster reporting a school shooting in Florida. take my eyes off of tv. blur did nothing help imagination from taking off. My mom came into room turned TV. She tucked me asked “why he do that mommy?” said “those are things you not need worry about right now.”