I’m not big on writing about the same topic week after week. But as I boarded the MHS speech bus Saturday evening following a quick stop for food, I opened the news feed on my phone to pass the time as I enjoyed my Jersey Mike’s sub on the long ride home.
Originally, this week I wanted to talk about lighter things. I wanted to write about boarding the speech bus at 4:50 a.m., about spending the day judging these amazing kids that are going places in their future, about Natalie competing on the varsity team this year and breaking finals at a huge tournament. I wanted to focus on those happy moments.
But as I scrolled through story after story of the day’s events in Minneapolis, I realized a single tear was running down my face. Once again — or continuing, depending on how you looked at it — our state was hurting.
