LaVerne McGrath is the mother of Jacob Johns. She writes from her experience following the recovery of her son who was shot in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico at a prayer event on Sept. 28, 2023.
Ignorance is bliss, they say. But it took a shocking event in my life to reveal the profundity of this statement. I speak not to demean myself but to reflect on the broader human condition, particularly here in the United States, when it comes to the experience of being shot. It was a phone call […]
