What a tragic mass murder at Virginia Tech...My heartfelt prayers go out to the families and friends and the community there in that beautiful lttle town. There are no words to comfort the survivors of this vicious and senseless slaughter of lives and souls and innocence.
People ask "How can this happen?" or "Why us?"
There is no rational understanding; no spiritual justification.
I refuse to remember the name of the monster who did these acts.
When I was an undergraduate nursing student at The University of Texas at Austin ("GO HORNS!") I walked by the Tower of Texas several times, every day. We were free to go up to the top and I remember studying for a Chemistry Final with an old pal while up at the top. There was no net, no bars, and no shooters. But, all of us, back in 1973-1977, remembered a man named Whitman who had used that beautiful site to shoot students, back in 1966.
Although I knew about that event, including the year, the name and the number of victims, I never felt a residual horror of that violent day.
I pray that same peacefulness triumphs in Virginia, as well.
People ask "How can this happen?" or "Why us?"
There is no rational understanding; no spiritual justification.
I refuse to remember the name of the monster who did these acts.
When I was an undergraduate nursing student at The University of Texas at Austin ("GO HORNS!") I walked by the Tower of Texas several times, every day. We were free to go up to the top and I remember studying for a Chemistry Final with an old pal while up at the top. There was no net, no bars, and no shooters. But, all of us, back in 1973-1977, remembered a man named Whitman who had used that beautiful site to shoot students, back in 1966.
Although I knew about that event, including the year, the name and the number of victims, I never felt a residual horror of that violent day.
I pray that same peacefulness triumphs in Virginia, as well.
