Each one of these incidents was shattering to a whole host of human lives and yet each slips daily from our grasp. It’s not as if rescue was the end of their horror. And the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. How is that possible?” I feel cognitive dissonance that time can move forward even though Philando Castile was about a block away from my friend Judy’s house when he was shot to death for having a broad nose. Lately, I’ll be driving or sitting at my desk at work when I suddenly remember something: “Wait, but the world didn’t end after the Pulse nightclub shooting.
I have grown accustomed to hearing about the traumatic moments of our times, the moments of impact, but not so much the aftermath. His urging felt oddly naked as it hung in the air. He emphasized that the people impacted by the recent shooting in Virginia should seek psychological help. The wounds, Barber explained, are both physical and emotional. The other day on the radio, Democratic Congressman Ron Barber spoke about how long it took for him to move through the trauma of being shot at a Safeway Grocery store in Tucson when Jared Loughner attempted to assassinate Gabrielle Giffords. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.
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