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4th September 2023
07:23am BST
"I send her to school with a heart drawn on her hand every day so that if she ever finds herself sitting against a wall in a dark room, hugging her knees to her chest with her blonde head bent in terror, while silent tears stream down her cheeks as her class waits for an armed gunman to try the door handle against a barricade of desks... She will know that I love her." The mum explained that her daughter isn't old enough to have a phone so this is her way of saying goodbye in case her worst nightmare becomes a reality. The harrowing post has made many people realise just how horrifying it is to be a parent in the USA and the reality of the school shooting crisis. "I wonder how long it will be before the news cycle moves on this time. But I’m a mom in America, so I cannot," Emily added. "I just keep drawing hearts on my child’s hand and praying the only time she needs them is when she misses me.""I just keep drawing hearts on my child’s hand and praying the only time she needs them is when she misses me."
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