An unspeakable tragedy
The massacre at Virginia Tech is such an unspeakable tragedy. I cannot imagine what the families of the slain students must be going through now. I've lost a husband, a mother, a sister and a brother-in-law in less than 10 years and managed to work through the paralyzing grief. But the idea of losing a child, no matter the age or circumstances, is something that stops me dead in my tracks. My heart and prayers go to the survivors.
posted by Ana Veciana-Suarez at 8:38 AM
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Those in certain media outlets need to stop blaming others for the unspeakable tragedy that took place. Why can't they just blame the individual responsible for what happend and stop asking dumb questions like those asked in the press conferences.
Yes, things need to be learned from this, and they will. All in all, my condonences go out to all those affected by this.
I do not even want to imagine what those poor families are having to endure. My prayers are with all of them - and with the students that survived through that horror and witnessed the massacre.
I pray for all of us and all our children because there is no such thing as safety. At any time, in any location, someone with a screw loose and a grudge can bring this kind of horror to our doorsteps.
There is no way that any one could have predicted this event - or, once it began, found a way to limit the damage that this madman could cause.
There will be finger pointing and people will be blamed - but the truth is that this situation is very difficult to limit. Once someone is determined to kill and to die, there is very little anyone can do to stop them. The only way is to shoot them dead before they can do much damage.
There will be changes made in the way our campuses are secured - but they will not totally deter the committed suicidal loonies.
You can never reason with insanity.
God help us all.
I can not stop thinking about all of the parents who like me dropped off their kids for school in a faraway city thinking that it would be such a wonderful experience...I wonder how many parents like me did it even though it was against their parental instincts and even though leaving them in a college dorm went against every thing that they were familiar with...I wonder how many cried when they left their child there because it was in violent contrast with everything that they had known and experienced with that child until that moment ... I wonder for how many parents this dropping off their child at college was the most selfless act that they had ever experienced...
Today those parents who are just like me were on a plane not knowing if their kid would be all right....maybe some of those kids just wanted the "going away experience"...Maybe they had dreamt of living in a dorm ever since they were in middle school...maybe they built robots in high school...maybe they were peer ministers...maybe they were planning to be RA's nexxt year....maybe they were majoring in something just to make their parents happy...maybe they had already discovered their passion....For sure they had dreams and goals and aspirations....Let us pray for these parents who today are on a plane not knowing what to expect when they arrive....
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