Want to know how soul damaging and lasting a school shooting can be? Read this really sad article about the football coach at Parkland’s Stoneman Douglas high school.

Imagine many teachers, students and of course parents and families going through the same.

ESPN - Stoneman Douglas coach resigning, cites tragedy

Willis May, the head football coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is resigning more than a year after a shooting at the school left 17 people dead.

The tragedy has never left May, who lost assistant coach Aaron Feis and Chris Hixon, the athletic director and wrestling coach, in the shooting.

“I walk into my office every day, and Aaron Feis’ office is right next to me, Chris Hixon’s office is right next to me, and I miss those guys with all my heart every day,” May said Wednesday. “It’s sad going to work every day because it hurts so bad to be without them. It’s been a year and it hasn’t gotten any better, so I need a change for me; I need it for my health.”

Feis shielded students and ultimately died when a former student armed with a rifle opened fire in the attack on the Parkland, Florida, school.

May and his other assistant coaches left Feis’ desk and office the exact way he left it before his death. Seeing the reminder of Feis, the cemetery built on campus with a 12-foot fence around it and daily reminders of what took place on that horrific day have weighed May down to the point where he has decided he needs to walk away.

“We’ve had a lot of friends and a lot of support in the Parkland community, but I just need a change,” May said. “I love football and I want it to be fun. I want to go to work every day and be excited, and right now I go to work every day and it’s miserable.”

Explaining the decision to his team was no easy task and one that tore at his heart, he said. After driving home to his players that they should never quit, he was worried the teens would think he was quitting on them.

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