Mr.Kline was standing his ground, his arms outstretched in front of a small group of kids. He was red faced an appeared sweaty or maybe just covered with tears. I ran to catch up with them.
Jennifer BrownBecause who you are is supposed to be the easiest question in the world answer, right?
Jennifer BrownWill you ever forgive me? " I shot back, leveling my gaze directly into his eyes.
He stared into them for a few moments and then got up silently and headed for the door. He didn't turn around when he reached it. Just grabbed the doorknob and held it.
"No," he said, without facing me. "Maybe it makes me a bad parent, but I don't know if I can. No matter what the police found, you were involved in that shooting, Valerie. You wrote those names on that list. You wrote my name on that list. You had a good life here. You may not have pulled the trigger, but you helped cause the tragedy."
Hate List
Life isn't fair. A fair's a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel.
Jennifer BrownTags: death hate-list school-shooting
Oh, hell no, Romeo.
Jennifer BrownHis eyes, searching deep into mine, felt like danger and safety all rolled into one.
Jennifer BrownJust like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing.
Jennifer BrownTags: pain life-lessons healing traumatic-experiences
At Garvin High we were dealt a hard dose of reality this year. People hate. That's our reality. People hate and are hated and carry grudges and want punishments ... I don't know if it's possible to take hate away from people. Not even people like us, who've seen firsthand what hate can do. We're all hurting. We're all going to be hurting for a long time. And we, probably more than anyone else out there, will be searching for a new reality every day. A better one ... But in order to change reality you have to be willing to listen and to learn. And to hear. To actually hear.
Jennifer BrownIt seemed like way too much work, cleaning up my grief.
Jennifer BrownI'd spend about an hour, my room darkening around me, wondering what the hell happened to make me so unsure of who I even was. Because who you are is supposed to be the easiest question in the world to answer, right? Only for me it hadn't been easy for a very long time.
Jennifer BrownTags: life suicide self-awareness
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