When I was a senior in High school, it was bomb threats. Every Friday afternoon for about 5 weeks straight we had a bomb threat. I think by the end of the year we were at 11 or 12 for the school year. We all made a joke of it. The fact is, I didn’t know any other way to cope with the fear. I had to be at school, I had to face the danger.
Last night at Books-a-Million, I overheard some high schoolers talking about trouble brewing at the school. Some of the students enrolled because of Katrina were causing trouble and threatening to bring guns to school today (Friday). I could hear the same fear in their voices. What is tomorrow going to bring? And I saw the same joking confidence used to cope with the fear.
What will tomorrow bring? I don’t know. Only God knows.
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