Lives changed as lives were lost five years ago today when Tucson changed forever. It was not the first time Tucson opened her arms and gathered survivors of mass gun violence to her breast to hold and heal families in her embrace. October 29th 2002 Robin E. Rogers, Barbara Monroe, and Cheryl McGaffic, all instructors in the U of […]
Another January 8th & Nothing Much Has Changed
Four years ago, mid-morning on January 8th, life in Tucson changed. We had actually been one of those towns before, but for whatever reasons, the label did not stick. October 29, 2002 was when a mass shooting, and mass murder, took place at the University of Arizona. But the attempted assassination of a Congressman and […]
January 8th Cannot Ever Be Just Another Day
I have some really great posts in the works, I have been writing up a storm, but I doubt any of them will appear anywhere today. Today I cannot help but to remember how the Old Pueblo came together to support the families of six individuals who lost their lives, and the 12 who lived […]
Oh Geesh, Mommy Wars Erupt Around Tragedy
The children, the babies, are not yet buried and the “Mommy Wars” have started over blog post responses to viral posts. I have many other pressing tasks to do, including traffic court today for forgetting to register my car, and I don’t want to spend the day researching. I probably should because I am a […]