Melinda Palacio
The people of Uvalde are my people. My mother was born in Del Rio, a town just over an hour away from Uvalde at the end of the corridor between San Antonio and the last town before Villa Acuña, Mexico. I had planned to write about the poetry tribute to Margaret Garcia's art show at the Ventura County Museum and my process of turning my poem, How Fire Is a Story, Waiting, into a song. A few people came up to me and wanted to know more about the process. However, I will have to shelf that post because the terrible shooting at Robb Elementary has left me speechless. I will need more time to think about all those bright lives clipped short. And the killer continues to kill. He may be dead, but the husband of the teacher has just died of a heart attack. All our hearts break for the young students and the teachers who tried to protect them. Uziyah Garczía, Amerie Garza, Xavier Lopez, Tess Mata, Ellie Garcia, Rojelio Torres, Jose Flores, Jailah Silguero, Jayce Luevanos, Nevaeh Bravo, Jackie Cazares, Annabelle Rodriguez, Elianha Torres, Makeena Lee Elrod, Lexi Rubio, teacher Eva Mireles, and teacher Irma Garcia, and her husband Joe Garcia who had a heart attack yesterday, two days after the massacre. The couple had been married twenty-four years and had four children.
Can we do something about gun violence today? Can we pass gun laws, mental health checks? Will you help, will you vote for stricter gun laws?
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