Silence: A Reflection on the Mass Shooting in Uvalde
The country was still reeling from the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, when the 2022 Memorial Day arrived. While all the usual celebratory processions to honor America’s fallen soldiers were in effect, another pair of fallen laid unburied on the national stage. All the pouring of condolences, prayers, and demands for changes in access to guns didn’t change the paralyzed state of mourning that the parents of the victims were and are still feeling. I say this not to shun the responders. They were simply empathizing. They felt compelled to reach out and grab anything at