Day #3 - The Early Morning Text

I had poured my coffee, but hadn't taken a sip yet, when I got the text from a friend. She mentioned the Atlanta shootings and how upset I must be as an Asian-American woman and offered her support. Christ. It wasn't even 8:00am. 

Reluctantly and already with a heavy heart, I searched up "Atlanta shootings." She was right, I was horrified to read about the attack on 8 people, 6 of whom were Korean. Even so, I wondered if this text needed to be sent to me so early in the morning. I wondered if it might have been better to wait until the shootings were officially deemed hate crimes before reaching out. As of early morning, and even by 11pm there was not enough evidence to prove the attacks were racially motivated. For now, the news is calling them the Spa Shootings. 

It was an insanely emotional day for me as the devastating event compelled me to dive into an essay I was writing on my own ethnic identity. I felt badly reaching out to Chante for help while she was on vacation. She was incredibly gracious to call me back. I worked on my essay the entire day but was never able to arrive at a clear thesis statement. It felt really good though, to be engrossed in writing again. I will work on the piece tomorrow. 

There's a lot more I could write about the day, but it's 11:39pm and I am getting too tired to think clearly. I'm going to forgive myself for not quite making it to 300 words tonight.