What do you say?
There seems to be pain and unendurable suffering everywhere today.
Blacksburg isn’t too close to us; my sister lives closer, I think. But VA Tech students and alumni are all around, here, and this terrible news feels very close. NPR is conducting itself well enough in their reporting…I’m not so sure about everyone else.
I don’t know if it was completely unrelated or not, but when I was in Starbucks earlier there was a man on his cell phone talking with someone. The hand holding the phone was shaking quite visibly, and his forehead was furrowed in what seemed like pain. He got off the phone and went back to finishing his book, but only with a deep, deep sigh. His forehead stayed the same.
Like I said, it may be completely unrelated, but something was happening in this man’s life to cause him real pain and concern.
It seems to be a hard day everywhere.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Such a horrible tragedy… I’m anxious to see if I recognize any of the people affected, but then again I think all of my friends would have left that area ages ago. Makes me want to curl up in bed and shut it all out.
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April 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
I know just what you mean. I can’t help but look at people I see around town and wonder if they’ve been affected personally…it’s too close to home.
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April 20th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
It has been a horrible week. Horrible. I’ve cried so much my eyes are blurred.
I’m just plain sad.
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