Whatever Doesnt Kill You Simply Makes You, Stranger.

Hello Readers...
Im Aware Its Been Quite Sometime Since My Last Post But Apart From Having Some SERIOUS Writers Block.. I Was Also Apart Of A Pretty Life Changing Experience.
On The Morning Of July 20th, Me & My 14 Year Old Sister Basher, Were At Century 16 Theaters In Aurora, CO. In Theater 8.
Most People Who Watch The News All Around The World Know Exactly What This Means. About 15 Mins Into The 12:01 Showing Of The Dark Knight Rises, I Hear What Sounds Like Fireworks But Turns Out To Be Bullets Rip Thru The Wall Of Theater 8. Hitting Bystanders Sitting Next To The Wall & Showering Them Will Rubble Fragments From The Wall As They Run Out Of The Theater Holding Areas On There Body Out Of What I Could Only Assume Was Injury .. Almost Immediately My Thoughts Rush To If The Friends Me & My Sister Had Made Pre-Movie Are Okay Or Not.. Then As If I Didnt Need Anything Else To Ruin Not Only My FIRST Midnight Showing Ever But Also The Good Time I Was Having Making New Friends & Even Flirting Just A Bit Haha. Someone Runs Into Our Theater & Says Not To Go Outside Because There Was A Man With A Gun Out There. By This Time I Had Known Something Is Not Right & At This Point, I Stopped Thinking & Just Started Doing. I Grabbed Bashers Bag & Put It On Her "Messenger Bag" Style & Did The Same With My Bag. She Grabbed Me Well I Moved As Fast As Possible With The Simple Thought In Mind That If Theres A Gun One Way, Then Im Going The Other Way.. We Moved Thru The Emergency Exit At The Top Of The Theater, Thru The Door, Across The Balcony. Checking Over The Railing For Anyone Holding A Gun. After Scanning The Lobby As Quick As Possible, I Moved Thru A Large Cloud Of What I Thought Was Smoke But Turned Out To Be Something Worse.. Not Sure Exactly What It Was But I Know I Damn Sure Couldnt Breath As It Entered My Lungs. Running As Quickly As I Could With Basher Attached To My Arm, We Made It Outside To The Sea Of Police Cars That Were Awaiting Outside & I Could Only Guess They Were Still Wondering What Was Going On Themselves. The Night Was Long, Hectic & Crazy. I Will Always Remember It, The Vigil Afterwards & Reconnecting With All The People I Had Met That Night. Just Knowing Them & Me & My Sister Were Okay Was The More Important Info To Me At The Time. Now I Have Healed. I Have Began To Move On... Batman Is Still My Hero. Always Will Be.

-BayLey