SAT. A Mother Waiting in the Grey: Nine Days After the School Shooting, Maya Still Hasn’t Woken Up

Maya’s mother says she feels like she’s living in the grey.

Not despair.
Not relief.
But somewhere in between torment and hope.

Her 12-year-old daughter, Maya Moon, was shot in the head during the school massacre in Canada. Doctors once told her family she wouldn’t survive the first night.

That was nine days ago.

Maya is still here.
But she hasn’t woken up.

So her mother, Cia, waits.

She sits at her daughter’s bedside, watching for anything — a squeeze of the hand, a flutter of an eyelid, a sign that Maya knows she’s not alone. The machines hum. Time stretches. Every hour feels heavier than the last.

“We’ll get there, baby… one day at a time,” Cia wrote. “I see you in my dreams… you are somewhere in the middle. The grey. Love you, Maya Moon.”

This is not goodbye.
This is not recovery.
This is the waiting.

Cia talks to her daughter. She sings to her. She tells her she’s proud. She tells her the world is cheering her on. She believes — fiercely — that Maya can hear her.

Imagine loving your child this deeply… and not knowing if she can feel it yet.

For parents who have walked this road — who have sat beside someone hoping they’ll wake up — what helped you endure the long, quiet hours?

Cia is reading every word.
She is still hoping.
And she is still believing — in the grey.