After Another Shooting Tragedy, Let’s Talk About Mental Health
The article below was written by Shannon Royce, who deals with this issue every day. She has a child with a mental illness. It's right on point on why we must address mental health now. You can read more of Susan's writing at http://chosenfamilies.org Like the rest of the nation, I watched in horror as the tragedy of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre broke on Friday. The unthinkable, the unspeakable had happened. Again. Like the tragedy in Arizona in January, 2011, the tragedy in Colorado in July, 2012, we now have another loss of devastating impact. The innocents of Newtown, 20 beautiful children, will never flower. We will never see the doctor, teacher or athlete who could have been. And six adults lost their lives seeking to protect them and their classmates. The loss is unimaginable. We grieve from a distance. The families and community grieve intimately. And then it begins. The same discussion of gun control we saw in the aftermath of Arizona and Colorado. Those who would make political hay out of this tragedy. An opportunity for them to press their perspective with new fervor. And then I saw this article of a Mom in crisis rolling around [...]