{"id":567885,"date":"2023-03-29T01:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T22:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/if-you-dont-know-where-to-go-come-here\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T01:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T22:59:52","slug":"if-you-dont-know-where-to-go-come-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/if-you-dont-know-where-to-go-come-here\/","title":{"rendered":"#’If you don’t know where to go, come here’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Novelist Ann Patchett released a powerful video the day after the Covenant School shooting. (AP Photo\/Mark Humphrey, File)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Ann Patchett is helping Nashville mourn with books and dogs.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the novelist shared that her bookstore, Parnassus Books, is open to the community in the wake of the mass shooting at the Covenant School<\/a>, which claimed the lives of three children and three adults.<\/p>\n

While the team had closed the store in the wake of Monday’s tragedy, a planned event for families and their dogs to celebrate the latest release of Dav Pilkey\u2019s Dog Man<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>went on as planned Mar. 28, serving as an opportunity for those grieving to swing by and, hopefully, create opportunities for healing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to send out our love to our friends and our neighbors and our customers at the Covenant School down the street,\u201d an emotional Patchett, holding her dog Sparky VanDevender, said in a video shared to Twitter<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re not here to sell you books. We\u2019re here because we love you and we\u2019re your friends and we\u2019re a place to come. We want you here with us. So, if you don\u2019t know what to do today and you don\u2019t know where to go, come here and be with us and hold a dog and just know that we care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patchett, who was recently awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Joe Biden<\/a>, echoed those sentiments to Yahoo Life while touching on the importance of creating safe havens for communities in mourning.<\/p>\n

“One of the many wonderful things about independent bookstores is that they give us a place to be,\u201d she says. “We celebrate at Parnassus, we dance, we launch wonderful books, we host story time readings. Today we mourn.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you need a place to go when you\u2019re alone or with your family or wanting to meet friends,\u201d she adds. \u201cSometimes you need a place to go when you want to hide, when you can\u2019t imagine what could possibly make you feel better, when you don\u2019t feel like being by yourself. Sometimes you just need to hold a book or hold a dog. Sometimes you go to a bookstore because you\u2019re looking for a particular book and sometimes you go to a bookstore because it\u2019s the only place you can think of that makes any sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Arnold, marketing and communications director for Parnassus, was present in the store as news<\/a> of the shooting unfolded. She remembers the stress her team felt as they realized the tragedy happ<\/a>ened at the Covenant School, where many of their customers have personal ties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all in shock. You don\u2019t know what to do with yourself, and you feel pretty helpless,\u201d she tells Yahoo Life. \u201cSince we opened in 2011, we have always had the goal to not just be a bookstore, but a place for the community to gather, whether that’s during author events or for something like our Dog Man<\/em> celebration. On any given day, we want to be a place where people can meet and feel happy and at peace among fellow readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, Arnold says, she and Patchett thought it was important to open up their doors for others who are grieving as a way to show unity and compassion and to lead by example so other small businesses can do their part as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall businesses are unique because we have such strong community ties,\u201d Arnold explains. \u201cIt\u2019s really important in times like these to reach out to your community and hold them close, and let them know that you have a space where they can just be<\/em>. We are in a unique position to be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was especially clear on Monday, when Arnold and her team found themselves at the center of the scene, as rows of firetrucks lined their street. Even more emotional was the fact that Parnassus happened to be close to the reunification center, where parents were told to wait to be reunited with their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we made the decision to close [on Monday],\u201d she explains, \u201cout of respect for what had happened to those families who lost loved ones, and also just to keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles and the parents trying to reunite with their children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut today we’re back,\u201d she notes. \u201cWe want to be that place for folks to come and let kids be kids for a minute, let parents feel like their kids can enjoy themselves in public and give the parents a minute of peace as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Patchett, she says simply being present right now for those who need it is the most important thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love our community in joy and in sorrow,\u201d she tells Yahoo Life. \u201cWe just want you to know you\u2019re welcome here, today and all the other days, at Parnassus and at all the other bookstores. I\u2019m the spokesperson for independent bookstores so I feel comfortable saying this: no matter where you are, we want you here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReach out to your community and let them know that you’re there and that you care about them,\u201d adds Arnold. \u201cThat’s really all we can do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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