Megan Gomez is an associate pastor at Bethlehem First United Methodist Church in Bethlehem, Ga.
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Life Shouldn’t Be This Way
Amanda Greene
I WAS ANGRY that this happened again. I was hurting for Apalachee, and for students and school [employees] around our county. I was heartbroken as stories from people in my church close to this tragedy began to come in. I was rattled and processing. I still am.
I was in middle school when Columbine happened. It changed the way I looked at school forever. Then on Wednesday [Sept. 4] my youngest, at 3 years old, experienced her first lockdown. I am thankful to our preschool and church staff for keeping our preschoolers safe, but life shouldn’t be this way. This is the 416th school shooting in our country since Columbine. When will things change?