It always has been and I guess it always will be. My heart goes out to their families. Truly a sad day for mankind.
Crazy Day. Start off with 5-6 inches of blinding snow this morning this after 6 inches of rain yesterday into last night. Then the V/Tech deal some days the world does not make sense Shame 32 kids never got a chance to live out their dreams. Our pray's are with the family's and also the 15 students injured today.
VT is about a 2 hour drive from where I live. I work at Eastman Chemical Co and there are dozens of not over a hundred VT grads working there. It is truly a sad day. Why have we as a society stopped looking at life as a valuable gift and started looking at it as a target? Sometimes we fire bullets, sometimes we fire rape and sometimes we just fire hurtful words. All leave wounds. What have we come to when life is so worthless that we can treat it like this? Is it because we have become desensitized by TV, video games, legal abortion? All I know is that I have an 18 year old daughter in college right now and, if I were to get that phone call, my heart would die. Yes, let's remember these families in out prayers and let's give our precious loved ones a long hug and tell them how we feel about them. Bill
This brought back very bad memories for me, and even worse for my wife. My wife was at the school in paducah , ky when the shootings happened in 1997 at heath high school. Three were killed and five were wounded. My wife was upstairs when a freshman opened fire on the prayer group that my wife was supposed to be in that morning. I don't understand how someone could just open fire on innocent people. It really is a life changing moment for those who live through it. Hey Gater I know your daughter is at UT and I also heard there was a bomb threat there today as well. I hope she is okay and not too shaken upl.
Do you who remember the post I made a few weeks ago, about working with a young lady who had not been born when I started work. She is a graduate of VT and found out last night that she lost a close friend to yesterday’s madness. So young to have to deal with such a loss.
Lesson learned AGAIN. 1. Make the most of each day. 2. Thank God for the beautiful sunrise, the problems you had to face (because it was nice to have his help working through them), your family and friends, your health- even if it is crappy, the chance you had to make a diffenerce in someone else's life, and then finally- the sunset. 3. Hug and kiss you wife and children and TELL them how much they mean to you- even if (or especially if) they have done something to jack up your blood presure. Remember, they've done more good than bad. 4. PRAY. Pray to God that the hand of God will be put on the torn and confused hearts of the people who could see this type of event as an answer to their problems. OR- like the incident here in Joplin, that the shooter's gun will jamb after one shot into the ceiling. 5. Make sure as a parent, that guns are welded- not simply locked- into your gun safe. 6. Pray some more.
I forgot- LISTEN! In so many of these cases, there was talk about going of the deep end. (Or clues) Leaving the house in full camo gear clanking of metal pieces is a sign, also. All these people have friends or a friend that maybe heard something, but either didn't believe it, or wasn't willing to go further with the discussion. We have got to listen closely when someone we know is upset about something. I'm a husband, so I may not practice what I preach- but we can, and need to do this. Let the authorities know of ANYTHING along these lines. They can follow up in a not-so-obvious way, maybe. just a thought...
I was proud of our president today. I think he set just the right tone for the grieving parents and students when he spoke at the convocation at VT. He was sincere and brief. It has probably sunk in now on the majority of the kids. They will probably still have moments when they think they see or hear their fallen friends. That will bring back a sudden sadness as the healing continues. Eventually it will fade but it will never be completely overcome. I hope that the convocation today marks the beginning of the healing process for all. One of the interns where I work was among those killed. It is a big place so I did not know her but she was an engineering student. Please keep these fine young people and the families of the fallen in your prayers. Bill
