Notable people such as Frida Kahlo, George Steinbrenner, and Richard Simmons all passed away on July 13.

Two years later I still don’t know how Donald Trump doesn’t share that date with them.

On June 13, 2024, then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump turned ever-so-slightly at the exact perfect time and nearly missed instant death when an assassin tried to kill him.

I didn’t sleep much that night. The reason for my insomnia didn’t have anything to do with any support or dislike I might have had for Trump. Instead, it was just the vulnerability and catastrophe (as other people did die) I watched that day. In the blog post I wrote that sleepless evening (and what I reiterated a year ago), I agonized over what would have happened if the bullet did more than graze Trump’s ear. What would have happened if the assassination succeeded and the gruesome killing was captured in HD for the rest of time?

The day Trump was shot will be one of those days that people will always remember.

That question made me think especially of my children (and Trump’s children for that matter) and how they would inevitably be subjected to the clip during their childhoods and throughout the rest of their lives.

Having that documentation of brutality in our digital age was a thought that jarred me as I hoped nothing would ever come closer than the assassination attempt on Trump. My wish would last about 14 months.

Charlie Kirk’s death was graphic, scarring, and just as horrific as I imagined something like that to be. However, thanks be to God, my kids haven’t seen it. I hope it stays that way.

I think tonight is a good time to pray for peace and the conversion of potential murderers. Don’t Blink.