American Parent
4 min readMay 25, 2022
You wake up to the sound of your baby squawking on the baby monitor, not mad but already impatient. Ready for you to come get him and start the day. It’s raining outside, still dark. You bury your face into the pillow for a moment, bone-tired and wanting just a few more sweet seconds of sleep.
Then you remember.
Eighteen babies at an elementary school in Texas yesterday.