Savannah Chrisleyis shaken, like many in the Nashville area followingMonday morning’s shootingat The Covenant School.
TheChrisley Knows Beststar, 25, took to Instagram on Monday to share that nieceChloe Chrisley, 10, was safe after the elementary school shooting wherethree 9-year-old children and three adultswere killed.
“Thank you so much for all the messages checking on Chloe. She is good, she’s safe. I feel such a level of guilt being able to say she’s okay. I am so beyond grateful, but there are parents today who don’t get to bring their child home,” she shared tearfully in a video on her Instagram Story.
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Savannah Chrisley and niece Chloe Chrisley.Savannah Chrisley Instagram
Savannah admitted that “it really just hits different when it could have been your child.”
“I saw the news this morning and I completely broke down. I rushed to her school to get her and that hug when she was coming out of school — she told me, ‘Ow, you’re hugging me too hard,’ " she continued.
Savannah Chrisley with brother Grayson and niece Chloe.savannah chrisley/Instagram
“It was the greatest feeling in the world and my thoughts and prayers are with the families that are hurting today. Just remember to hug the little ones a little tighter tonight, thank God, and pray, pray, pray.”
The podcaster took over as the primary guardian of her brotherGrayson Chrisleyas well as Chloe, after a federal judge sentenced her fatherTodd, 53, and motherJulie, 50, in November to acombined 19 years in prisonfor tax fraud.
“It takes A LOT of energy to be negative. I choose to laugh. I choose to smile. I choose to love. I choose to learn. I choose to be patient. I choose to be kind. I choose to find my hope in God. ❤️,” wrote Savannah alongside an Instagramtribute dedicated to the youngest membersof her family shared earlier Monday.
source: people.com
