While I was writing a letter to Brandon this last week, I found I was still in the throws of grieving and missing my three children who are absent from our home. As I wrote him, some much needed understanding started to fall into place for me. I realized the beauty of the process of life for the first time sense Mariela died. It felt so refreshing to feel the spirit prick my heart and give me some help to cross the bridge to a new level of understanding and acceptance. I have prayed during almost every quiet moment since Rebekah left, for acceptance of this new phase of my life. I have thrown 100 percent of my heart into raising my children. After Rebekah left, her absence on top of Brandon and Mariela's was just too much to bare. I realized how vulnerable I was caring so much for my children. I wanted to withdraw that vulnerability
School Security Measures for Safe Learning Environments
School Security Measures for Safe Learning Environments CNN reports that there were 23 school shootings in the first five months of 2018 . In each of these incidents, at least one person was shot excluding the gunman. Seeing this fact rattled me to my core. I thought about my children, how they were once in schools similar to Parkland and Sandy Hook and Santa Fe. I had to understand how schools were trying to combat this. America’s mass shooting incidence rate has many layered causes, so I wanted to look specifically at the schools. We want our schools to have the security of our prisons without feeling or looking like prisons. Learning environments must be just that—learning environments. By focusing on CPTED—crime prevention through environmental design—school entrance design and visitor and staff management, schools can achieve that careful yet attainable balance. ...
