School Lockdown Drills Have Become Terrifyingly Real

September 10, 2014

Lockdown drills have become common in our schools. I asked Joseph about them last year and he shrugged, having never known a life where the idea of a person walking into a school and shooting children and staff was impossible to imagine. I, on the other hand, grew up in a rural community that marked the changing of seasons by not just the color of the leaves but…

Mandy Dawson is the creator of In Mandyland, an almost daily blog recording her adventures in juggling a full-time job, two active children, four arguing hens, a fluffy bunny, and one ex-husband. A self-diagnosed gardening and crafting addict, she often finds herself gluing together clay pots and trying to discover the cure for brown thumb. When she’s not writing, she can be found burning dinners while she stares off into space with a story idea. She was a regular contributor for Makes Fun of Stuff, Aiming Low, and Six Kitchens, and has been featured on BlogHer and Mamapedia. She is an Assistant Editor for Write on Edge and has had her fiction featured in three anthologies currently available on Amazon.