FoxNews Article: Living in the Days Following a Mass Shooting

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As a trauma survivor, I had often wondered what it felt like to wake up following a mass shooting. Especially when it hit close to home in El Paso. I wondered how people could be brave enough to put one foot in front of the other and go into public again.

Unfortunately, I found out first hand when my community, Odessa, Texas, became the latest in US mass shootings over labor day weekend.

I share my story and experience in the following article on FoxNews.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jessica-phillips-a-week-after-a-mass-shooting-we-in-west-texas-rise-with-strength-and-our-faith

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Jessica Phillips

Jessica is worshiper and follower of Jesus. He rescued her heart at age 6 but he rescued her calling, purpose and direction in her early 20's. Everyday God is still writing Jessica's story. It involves her husband, Brad, her daughter, Emery, their extended families. But the story is a tale of loss of life and dark grief. And the story ebs and weaves and the grief story is followed by weddings and laughter. And what comes next? A Baby! God sends us a baby to shape and teach and grow right in the midst of our loss and realizing that life actually moves forward. We didn't think it would again after he died. But life just did what it was supposed to do...and it went on. And hope is born again. Everything I write is based on this fact: I'm God's child, I'm alive today. So what do You want me to do for You? Because I want my contribution to matter. I want to leave a legacy.