In my lifetime I have been accused of being a Pollyanna because I believed all people have a redeeming quality a kernel of goodness in which to grow relationships from.

In order to build relationships ( bridges) both sides need to see a common goal and work toward a solution. If the shooting deaths of children in schools cannot join us in a common goal, I don’t believe anything will. In fact our country is more polarized on seemingly every issue that faces us. If we believe shootings in schools are unacceptable, we will work together towards real solutions. Evidently, we don’t believe this in our country it in fact seems were have become numb to school shootings. We have learned to accept the unacceptable.

Originally, I planned to create a piece about crows for this prompt something beautiful, heartwarming and joyful… that place of creating within me became unattainable with the Minnesota school shooting. Since Minnesota we added Colorado to the list yesterday. I have lost faith in our country and its ability to build bridges for certainly if it were possible the deaths and violence in our schools would have been a unifying issue addressed with focused action and persistence no matter the other issues keeping us apart.

Instead, it will be a piece about gun violence.