They tell you the enemy is brown people or black people when all the while it is hate-filled white people.

And our parents and grandparents.

On some level children have always been failed here. We had made some of that better, only to now add gun violence to the mix.

We have failed humanity.. times like this I think back to the night of 9/11/2001 and how we as a nation stood up to be there for one another… can we all remember that night and stop with the insanity of Felon47 drama..rise up against the drama and come together to protect our children…enough…

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You would have never known it happened since there was absolutely no coverage of the school shooting in “news”. It’s just another day

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THIS IS NOT AMURICA It very much is FIX IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

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*are failing

The collection of spineless Taliban (GOP) leaders have the power to o something about the gun epidemic in the USA. PROBLEM IS, THEY WON'T

I think the child expected it to happen to a nearby school when he was an adult, due to increasing gun violence.

We have failed our children beyond what anyone thought imaginable just a few years ago #children #guns #violence #NRA

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I wonder what it the difference in US and e.g. Finland. We in Finland have had 4 incidents (23 died) with guns in schools this century.

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The exact wording... the surprise is not that such a thing could happen, but that it was so soon. That is sad.

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And the only way to fix it is to vote out ALL republicans in federal and state offices. That is if emperor trump lets us have another election.

The prevailing wisdom among school safety experts is “when this happens to your school,” not “if.”

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Following major mass shootings, countries like Australia and New Zealand enacted significant reforms, including firearm bans and licensing systems, which led to a dramatic reduction or effective end to mass shootings!

Gun violence is so common, it has become EXPECTED!

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Beneath the thin veneer of civilization, america is just another piss-soaked tavern with fools betting on alcohol, tobacco & firearms.

Let’s protect the unborn. But the right to bear arms is “liberty “ or money from the NRA over the protection of the born children. Amen America; the hottest country. Where a bigot is sanctify by your leader and children are forgotten. Make common sense great again

My kids, now young adults, always had this mind set as well. They routinely examine rooms they enter in public (stores, cinema, conference rooms, offices) and always think about "how do I get out in an emergency". I never grew up thinking about that.

Republicans profiting from NRA & gun manufacturing have failed us. Facts matter.

Stolen innocence. 😪 These should be the best, most carefree, years of their lives.

😢 😭... so soon, my God

I’m sorry, but I have to agree.

We have failed everyone except rich white men.

PASS COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION

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You failed your children, allies, the concept of democracy, decency, Ukraine, women, the oppressed, Afghanistan, and yourselves. The rest of the world should turn it's back on the awful US and follow the example Denmark just did, with their huge air defence purchase - €9b worth, not from the US

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You bring guns to Canada, and your weapons will be confiscated. You'll be sent home if not arrested. You won't be allowed back. We want no part of your lunacy. Let them kill each other. Maybe whoever is left in the end will have enough sense to vote in gun restrictions. Those are your kids!

I don’t know how parents still send their kids to school! Home schooling is an alternative.

We need a children’s crusade or some such to break through the icy sleep that is the gun violence issue.

We have failed our children for several years in fact!

We have failed as a nation.

This is so heartbreaking to hear this child after moving to New school district to say he wasn't expecting to see a shooting at his new school THIS SOON. Let that sink in America.

Conservatives have failed our children…

We've not only failed our children, but our society in general. None of us are safe. This gun fetish that alot of people in this country has is to blame, but most of all the politicians who get money (bribes) from the NRA and refuse to ban weapons of war are to blame.

Our children are growing up in a war zone thanks to 2A fanatics.

I think I read somewhere that an 18 year old in America is more likely to die of a gun shot in school than in war.

How close is the USA to recognising that THIS is now a "normal" aspect of education in the country? This IS who you are as a nation.

Maga, u want to get pissed at something now that the shooter proved to be a normal guy from a wealthy conservative religious Republican gun lover family, get pissed that almost anybody can obtain high powered guns that can wipe out a classroom in seconds, & your cowardly representatives do nothing

Sickening. My grandaughter in a KC school district talked about her shooter drills with the same acceptance we oldsters had about “Stop Look & Listen”

The whole world is failing future generations.

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The most important victims will never graduate.

So horrible 😞

Our grandparents foolishness failed us and our children. Thus why beliefs have 0 biz in Governing. Their failure to seperate fact from fiction brought this apon us all. A new system built purely around #E&J4A would end it all.

What did grandparents have to do with this?

The oppressive laws our grandparents voted for led to the mental health crisis and thus the shootings. The system has now become a monster on it's own.

That's a broad brush you're using. My parents, nor I, voted for suppressive laws. Dems and liberal.

I use that as a broad stroke yes. Because while the door for monsters to do this remains open they'll use them. Doesn't matter if they call themselves D or R. Maga (the base) wants to know who to blame. If you run into them use that as where the blame really lays. I'm trying to provide the..

... Right ammo for us to use against them. That's 1 bullet. We tend to think in very short periods esp them. Tell them to blame their grandparents cuz if they insisted we remove lobbying we'd not be here today.

A lot. They failed to seperate fact from fiction and ensure that our politicians did right by us all. This was 70yrs in the making & was going to happen regardless of trump.

I'm not sure which grandparents you're talking about, but every generation blames everything that they are unhappy about on previous generations. I won't take blame for anything bc I did my due diligence with voting who I thought were good reps. Reps change sometimes. $$$$$$$

I don't blame anyone living today for this but the monsters who worked hard for it.

Why do you think the GOP wants a substandard public school system. 9 of 10 red states are at the bottom of public school educations rankings.

Why wouldn’t they? They know NO ONE is coming to care for them.

I've seen lots of eulogies for Kirk and the flags are at half-mast. Surely kids getting gunned down should generate more sympathy with the Republicans? No. Gun deaths only get more than a simple "Thoughts and prayers" when it's one of theirs. IE: A token phrase that means literally nothing.

My son is 5 and he just had a lock down drill. Makes me so sad this is his reality… To think this could happen. He’s 5! I stress everyday when he goes to school.

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The USA needs to implement major changes to gun laws ...it is just crazy as it stands now.

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WE?!

And people keep asking why I don't want to have kids? Bc I don't want any child I have to have to grow up in this

Welcome to a world where childism is the oldest and the most widely engrained & accepted form of oppression.

The slogan “People Kill, not Guns”, is a False Dilemma. This implies that either people or guns are responsible for killing, but not both. In reality, both people & guns are involved in killing. ⚠️ The availability and type of guns can affect how many people are killed and how easily.

One its own, becoming an adult is a burdensome and tempestuous rollercoaster. Then add to that the anxiety of praying you will make it through a school day...alive. And another thing..Fucking Charlton Heston is the fucking fuck who gave the fucking NRA a fucking voice. 🤬

We're too busy wringing our hands about the guy who helped to make this situation even worse and publicly said "a few deaths are worth it".

All of our political leaders have failed us if they can't change the laws that enable this to keep happening.

For sure. Ugly.

🥺. They expect it bc they have drills every day.

How about trump send troops, national guards and ICE to protect our children and keep them safe instead of what he has them doing now .

Americans were warned before we were born.

The authorities have done a very poor job of preventing gun violence. It is so ingrained into the culture of the USA that people have become numb to gun violence. The GOP and NRA as well as influencers such as Charlie Kirk accept that there will be collateral damage for 2nd amendment.

But why can’t just the disgusting monsters enabling this be the collateral damage? That would be so much better 😌🤷‍♂️

It's the kids that are being "assassinated" BECAUSE THEY ARE INNOCENT FROM SAYING AND DOING EVIL, HATEFUL, DESPICABLE THINGS!!!

It's heartbreaking! You send your kids off to school not knowing if they're ever coming home.

That's sad, it's like the weather changing for them.

The media should report and tell much more and all the time about THIS school shooting instead of the one of Kirk, because our children are much more precious than him.

If by We, you mean corrupt MAGA Republicans, then yes

Miserably George…..

It’s interesting me that so many of these schools are very affluent.

GOP has been in crazy town since the 1974 corporate takeover of the NRA to maximize sales for the gun industry selling weapons of war to the public. No coincidence that the magazine "Soldier of War" came out then to whip up the boyish fantasy of being a heavily armed soldier like those Rambo movies.

“Soldier of Fortune”

This is so sad. These poor kids! 💔🥺

To think children have an inner fear sitting at their core, each day they go to school! But take that emotion and fear and apply it to a war zone that goes on and on and on… All people have failed to keep Right Wing and worse in check - globally! RW and worse are a social cancer!

I wish the reporters would stop interviewing kids. I think that's off limits.

Well, they don’t dare interview Dem voters.

Yes. Our leaders certainly gave😢

But the radical left is the problem??

13 School Shootings since Columbine. Too Many.

There have been a few hundred. 16 of them exceeded 4 victims, so that might be the statistic you're thinking of? Most had 1-2 victims.

Should have typed In Colorado: www.9news.com/article/news...

Fair!

Yup And we should stop having babies

Billionaire gods require virgin sacrifices

Wow.

It was clear that Charlie Kirk was up to a grift business. Grooming kids into right wing terrorists. Using the name of Jesus to spin hate into gold. It’s hard to keep track of the right wing Christian factions, it’s becoming easy to see is they’ve all got their fingers in it

It's Republicans who keep blocking gun safety Republicans have failed our children

And we have failed to make them stop.

Unfortunately my wallet isn't as deep as the NRA's

Why shouldn’t they expect it? We have normalized it and take no logical preventative measures, using drills instead as though this is some uncontrollable natural disaster. Fucking insane …we are insane.

Didn’t he also say see you in Valhalla?

Damn! Thoughts and prayers didn’t with got the 300th consecutive time.

Failed them miserable. :(

You know when we have fire drills we have to wait until they call all clear, evacuate to leave the room. I had to have that conservation with my students yesterday after they asked why we have to wait to leave. It's not easy being a teacher now.

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Brazil has a better government than we do. Their Supreme court found the right wing ex- president guilty of inciting a coup and sent him to prison for almost 30 years. We can’t get that done here. Their country has very practical control on firearms. We can’t even do that.

"So soon" 💔

I mean, even the atomic bomb drills we did as kids were never really meant to scare us because our parents and teachers always assured us that it would never happen and it didn't. Our poor kids in school aren't even allowed to not be afraid and that's so unbelievably sad. We are failing the kids.

Not we, George. Republicans. They failed our children with 'thoughts and prayers'.

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No words 💔

Yes, completely. The violence they face now, so that certain adults can have their precious firearms, is nuts. And it’s not about having a handgun to defend their homes. Or a rifle to hunt. They make it sound like it is. But many of these loons have arsenals bigger than the local police dept.

That's fvck up, really is

They’ll just say “he would want us (maga) to vote against it.” 🙄

Brilliant. If it passes our children will be safer, but if it fails it would be hard to avoid the obvious conclusion that guns mean more than lives.

Honestly, this deserves way more traction. Somebody get this trending. Brilliant strategy!!!

When Regan was almost assassinated by John Hinckly and James Brady was paralyzed, they created the Brady bill. Amerikkka is too far gone. There's no coming back while 33 million of you are OK with being nazis.

Oh I love this idea!! This absolutely should be an action Ds should take

And have every Dem vote in favor. Show off the hypocrisy

As a very far left person. I say very far because I believe in the entire constitution especially where it says A well regulated militia, being Necessary for a free state, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. We are the people and militias are not government entities it’s WE THE PEOPLE!

The whole purpose of todays militias, they claim, is basically to "prevent government overreach". That's nonsense. What they really mean is to "prevent the government from taking, or regulating our weapons", otherwise, they would be stopping this government right now.

What dies that have to do with gun safety? Im not disagreeing with you, but I don't see the connection.

Gun safety, is just for the right politicians and influencers to quit spewing hate on any and every group that is not white. And for everyone to just let people live and let live. And get rid of this Nazi regime first!

Still not getting any of your points. Gun safety is about banning automatic weapons, waiting periods, mental health conditions, carry permits and many other things to make it more difficult for unstable people to commit mass murder.

We should really be focusing on the actual problem. The mentally disturbed humans committing these heinous acts.

Yes, every precaution. Too easy for many to pull their trigger.

In the military, which can also be called a militia...the people who are to carry arms go through rigorous training and mental evaluations to make sure they don't shoot each other. Want a gun? Go get some training and evaluations. And not from your buddies or NRA clubs. The National Guard!

No, militia is not the same as military; a militia is a military force composed of civilians who serve part-time, typically in an emergency, to supplement a regular army, whereas the military (or army) consists of professional, full-time, paid soldiers.

Yes

Well, you kinda nailed it there Doug; by misspelling "What does..." with "What dies..." 🙄

The thing is that this "militia" is not doing anything for the people nor is it well regulated (cause regulations would mean to have every weapon trained on and a license for any weapon at home) nor were the founders aware of weapons that shoot hundred bullets in a minute.

That’s the same old tired argument that’s been used for decades! The purpose is we have whatever the government has so we can defend ourselves against a tyrannical government! Do we have that stuff? Of course not but with what we do have we can take a stand united and win.

LOL the governmemt will kick your redneck militias ass, you must love watching children die weird cuntry

When? Where? How long does it take to defend against a tyranny when they already do the tyranny in broad daylight? How long can the people wait? The 2nd has never done anything for the citizens of the USA, cause many citizens aren't inconvenienced enough to do something sooner than later.

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No way to prevent this says only country where it regularly happens

Correct me if I am wrong, the 2nd amendment was introduced around 1791? At that time, rifles were basically one shot muskets etc.? So, if the NRA nutjobs are so hellbent on keeping weapons, then they should all be made of give up the assault rifles and be given Flintlocks only?

At max 1 rifle and/or handgun. No need for fetishist designer ar15s.

REPUBLICANS have failed our children. FIXED!

Exactly, thank you.

THIS should be mourned

But poor CHARLIE!!!!

For generations now. School shootings were a threat when *I* was an eighth grader and I'm old enough to be that kid's father without have being a particularly young parent.

America has always had guns. Not sure why this is such a hot topic. Maybe all the chemicals and brain washing going on is making a negative effect. Growing up I never had the thought or the desire to go into my school and mass murder people. Even all the racism I knew right from wrong 💯💯

877 kids have died from gun violence in the US so far this year ( probably more because that was yesterday's number). But has Pedo or any maga mentioned that?

Lost country.

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And more thoughts and prayers won’t fix it

Schools been open a week.

We have the perfect opportunity to try and get Independents to join us in putting an end to obsessive gun cultures that seeks to turn toddlers into child soldiers Instead… Purple State Democratic leaders are saying: “Charlie was a child of god and we should just be nice to each other”

Not just the Purple States — CA is absolutely a Blue state and our Gov Newsom waxed eloquent about that fascist trash Kirk. It’s fucking disgusting and beyond gross.

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Every day when I drop my kids off at school, I worry I won't see them again. We have kids at 3 different schools (elementary, middle, high) & I tell myself if something happens, it won't be all of them. It awful. I worry we'll get shot every time we go anywhere.

Yet flags are at half mast dick head vance uses a presidential plane to bring this divisive person home.

We need to protect school children. This is a national tragedy! Why not beef up security at schools. We can do better.

This is very sad.

Yes we have. I student taught at Hubbard Woods in Winnetka. They had a school shooting in 1988 which was almost unheard of at the time. Now it’s so common it barely makes a blip in the news.

Kids are expecting it??? You are so fucked up.

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In COLORADO TOO

What we have is a bunch of moral cowards. Knowing that there is an obvious problem at epidemic levels and doing nothing? Is pathetic.

All of them, the girls by removing their rights and class, boys by making them feel like a victim. 💔

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From the lack of gun control to a Pedo POTUS … our kids have the odds stacked against them

Go play another first person shooter game

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Yes we have. And our so called leaders are only upset about the Kirk shooting, not the Colorado shooting of students. Our children aren't their priority.

I was a child in New York City during the 1970s, which was a dangerous time. HOWEVER, the one place my parents knew I was relatively safe was school. I never once thought about a shooter coming into my grade school, high school, or college classroom.

Heartbreaking

That's why I don't want US shit in Europe

As a parent it must be very difficult sending your child to school. How long before they keep their kids home.

Guess you need kevlar school clothes.

Poor kid. 😔 exhallllllllllllle.

So tragic !

Trump and the Republicans have failed our children

School shootings started becoming a problem long before Trump

Yet nothing's being done about it.

I can't get over how easily Megyn Kelly and Glen Beck were crying in that one video. Have any MAGA ever shed a single tear for all the children who have been shot to death in America? I have never seen any of them do it. Even their "thoughts and prayers" are disingenuous. They they could care less.

Haven’t seen Glenn cry like that since his announcement that he’s going blind…..

Same people who reamed President Obama for his “fake tears” after the Sandy Hook massacre.

That poor kid. He needs a hug.

My first thought when I read this post. 💔💔💔

Why do our kids have to deal with this? Why do parents have to worry that their child might be next? wtf is Wrong with this country

By voting Republican all across the board, Americans tell the children they don’t care about them. A shithole country of “me, myself and I”.

The US has had 100 mass shootings this year I think..... 1 should be enough to force a change in your gun laws. With your now amplified political tension, the fact everyone is armed is becoming a problem rapidly.

We’ve been slowly failing children for the last 50+ years now that the corporatists have been dismantling public education and public mental health and making both either dumbed down or ineffectual.

The SC and Republicans at large are to blame for this. They are murderous thugs.

The have happened since the 1800s. The Repugs are a blight but all parties have presided over school shootings

The US government is more than willing to censor art, books, and freedom of expression to 'save the children'. But, when it actually comes to saving them from death at the hands of a gunman? Nothing. America is so fucked up.

So true. Excellent point.

This is one big reason why my niece and her fiance are not planning to ever have children!

People don't get it. At this point we have young teachers who grew up with active shooter drills from Kindergarten on. This is America.

I drove 5 hours today and heard 4:59 minutes about Charlie Kirk but not ONE word about the Colorado school shooting. We are focused on the wrong tragedy, for 25 years we have sent thoughts and prayers for the hundreds of killed students. A conservative gets shot and we are flying flags 1/2 mast 🤬

They are only going to make him a martyr. He was a known bully, targeted vulnerable groups, promoted his hateful messaging. He spread this hate. Awful for his kids yes, but his wife sounds just as bad & those kids are growing up into that. But shooting up kids is a non-issue for them it seems.

Exactly. 2 customers mentioned Kirk during calls today. 1st one? Just answered his product question. 2nd one? I said violence IS out of control, always brings me right back to Christmas gifts never to be unwrapped, 20 KIDS, 6 adults never going home from school. This lack of balance is insane.

“20 kids six adults” is this a specific shooting or is this a combined statistic? I’m confused as the OP was talking Kirk shooting and the CO school shooting (2 injured, shooter dead).

I am pretty sure that is a "Sandy Hook" reference.

Oh FFS (to myself). So much has happened since then - including Parkland which is about a half hour from my home - that I forgot that specific statistic. What an absolute nightmare that there’s so much of it that I can’t keep it straight in my mind. 😔 Thank you for the clarification.

I understand. 💔

We failed our children in 1980

That's awful

We have and they are never going to forgive us for allowing this plague of gun worshipping open mouth breathers to destroy our society.

Is it the season already

This story is absolutely heartbreaking. Everyone who thinks guns & more guns is the answer should read the comment from that child.

George, I am sure you remember this...I graduated HS in 1983...u know how many school shootings in the US total in 1983? ONE!

Nine in 1983.

According to Wiki, there were 32 school shootings in the 1800s 240 in the 1900s before 1984 12 in 1985 70 in the 1980s after 1984 439 in total in the 1900s 88 in 2000-2010 259 in 2010s 287 in 2020s (On a note unrelated to your point but pertinent to Trumpite propaganda, TWO of these were trans)

This young man died because of this failure. Matthew Silverstone, 18, is one of the victims from the Evergreen High School shooting on Wednesday

Last I read he (and the unidentified victim) are both still alive but in critical condition; only the shooter had passed. Still an enormously tragic, preventable and life-altering event.

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I’m so sorry 😢 😢😢

Is it just me or do a lot of school shootings happen in Denver? I don’t know if it’s my imagination or if there really are more there 🙁

Pre-traumatic stress disorder. #EnoughIsEnough

Heartbreaking. I hope the parents of these kids are paying attention to this.

Our country *

Not us, the people we vote for.

You’re absolutely right!

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Proud parents!!

Pretty disgusting. I will never understand the US love of guns.

Is this for real??? Oh my God!

parents should file a class action against the federal government, rnc, nra, etc., for trillions...

Over 880 children in the US have died from gun violence since January 1st of 2025. So, are we making America great again, yet?? What's the magic number of dead kids do we have to get to before the government acknowledges the gun violence. How many families have to bury their kids before the

government decides to do something? 880+ KIDS DEAD. DEAD. DEAD. DEAD. DEAD.

And crickets from Trump. He is too busy planning national hero event for Charlie Kirk. A podcaster with a warped sense of what our democracy should be. He said gun deaths should be expected to keep the 2nd amendment. I guess he was one of those expected deaths. It should not have happened. I feel

sorry for his wife and kids but if you dance with the devil you can expect the consequences. Please let the school in Colorada where the kids were shot that you abhor kid shootings and that you have their back. Unlike the so-called president. He is NOT what a president should be. He is a dictator.

And apparently haven’t learned a damn thing in the process. 😔

If Sandy Hook didn't get guns banned nothing will. This is pathetic.

Republicans did this

You can leave those last two words off ... they're unnecessary...

Heartbreaking so absolutely tragic

Putin control the NRA and trump. He is loving what is transpiring in the US. Or should we say, the USSR?

Been failing the world's children for centuries now! And only getting worse.

..and the fake president didn't even comment about the Denver school shooting that occured around the same time as Kirk's. Instead he eulogized a racist, homophobic xenophobe.

He was also a leading voice for misogyny

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I get scared everytime I see my kids walk to school, while in school and walking home from school. I wanna just squeeze them when they arrive from school, safe and sound. Please spare the kids.

And too many don't seem to care.

I have American family who moved from just outside Aurora, CO to Canada in 2023 - they had started the process in 2019. The election of trump & the constant mass shootings had finally taken their toll.

I’m moving back to Europe - I’d rather earn less but actually enjoy my life w/o the insanity of what is going on here atm.

I have felt that way about the US for a long time. There is too much American influence in Canada, especially from the right wing, but more & more Canadians seem to be saying - no thanks - this isn't for us. They are realizing just how good we have it here. I'm a dual citizen & will never go back.

Same, I’m a dual citizen and I’d rather put up w/ the fascist Meloni than w/ this insane mess here!! At least in Italy we have a tradition of prime ministers never finishing their term 😅 The food and quality of life helps too.

I wish you well!

Same from me 🙌