These people working the desk, you feel like you know them. They check out your books for you, and scowl at your DVDs because this is a library…

…But sometimes they take some home, too.

All of these people are so much more than you will ever know. They laugh and they love and sometimes they save patrons from unwanted fates.

The Sheriffs came to tell Library staff they’re a soft target. Get out of the building in the case of an active shooter.

“But what about the kids?”

“Don’t be brave.”

“What kind of advice is that?”

“If you get out, you can call for help. You can’t help the kids if there is an active shooter situation. Don’t be brave.”

These people, who check out your books and take-home DVD’s too, are taught to administer Nar-can to people they find near death in the bathrooms. They call 911 at least once a week.

Someone is always threatening them. Laughter is sometimes hard to come by when the outside world is unreasonable.

But those people? They would huddle up next to those children while all the tough guys ran away.

The End