School shooting hits close to home

Yesterday, I was trying to work out an article about school shootings ... not an easy topic. And certainly not my usual lighthearted fare.

While I left that article sitting, half-written, a school shooting happened this morning just an hour away from our house.

Since writing is like therapy for me, I quickly finished the piece, and the kind editors at Her View From Home were great about posting it on their site super-fast.

"Mommy, why's the flag still at half-mast?"

This one makes me nervous. I don't want to get political. But as mothers, as humans, how can we NOT talk about this?