Day Fourteen: Danger

This is part of a creative project called 100 Word, 100 Days. In this project I’ll be writing a 100 word piece about my experience as a new mother every day for 100 days. Read more here.

Today I feed our daughter and stroke the velvet skin of her head. She’s clingy right now and I welcome it. It feels like she’s protected for as long as she’s in my arms. But what happens once I let her go?

Parents all around the country must be doing the same. We are crying at the news, feeling this sick rage. The day Sandy Hook happened is one of those awful, foundational memories. Children slaughtered. Babies, almost. Nothing was done. Now we are all wondering how to protect those the government refuses to.

How can I keep her safe?