Kendra

“Columbine also changed police response to attacks. No more perimeters. A national task force was organized to develop a new plan. In 2003, it released “The Active Shooter Protocol.” The gist was simple: If the shooter seems active, storm the building. Move toward the sound of gunfire. Disregard even victims. There is one objective: Neutralize the shooters. Stop them or kill them.”
― Dave Cullen, Columbine

“They want us to be shepherds to these kids. But no one wants to talk about the fact that many of them are raised by wolves.” I”
― J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“it was time

so i said yes
i said yes to living
i said yes to loving
i said yes to being
my...
self
illuminated
and unafraid”
― Cleo Wade, Heart Talk Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life and Inward 2 Books Collection Set

“She’s fifteen, above the age of consent, and he’s seventeen, but he’s still “the boy” in every conversation. She’s “the young woman”.

Words are not small things.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown