Such a sad sad day

saluki
saluki Member Posts: 2,287
Tears for those poor children and all those families at Virginia Tech. Just so tragic......

Where do you get answers? Can there be any?
Deepest sympathies

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  • Madison
    Madison Member Posts: 1,819
    edited April 2007
    I agree Saluki, so very sad.
    My prayers go out to all of them.
  • BethL
    BethL Member Posts: 286
    edited April 2007

    Unbelievable. I have neighbors that were frantic this morning trying to call their children who attend the school. It was a nightmare. Then one of my sons came home from middle school in his VA Tech sweatshirt, it was almost symbolic of how lucky I am. I have days when I feel sorry for myself because I'm dealing with this BC worry, and I realized how much worse things can be. I can deal with Breast cancer, i can't deal with losing a child. God bless those families.

  • betsy43
    betsy43 Member Posts: 78
    edited April 2007

    My sympathy and heartfelt prayers go out to all the greiving families. May our loving heavenly Father enfold you and comfort you.

  • newvickie
    newvickie Member Posts: 3,939
    edited April 2007
    no words for the sorrow and sadness this has caused.
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  • Sierra
    Sierra Member Posts: 1,638
    edited April 2007

    Morning Saluki:

    Just terrible

    My friend just phoned me
    here and dreadful headlines

    My prayers and condolences
    for all those
    families, dear souls involved
  • Lisa40
    Lisa40 Member Posts: 150
    edited April 2007

    Dear God, please help all the families that are affected by this horrible tragedy. I pray that serenity and comfort be placed in their heart knowing that your arms are wrapped around them. Amen.

  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited April 2007
    A poem written by a congregant of a synagogue in the area...

    My Stand
    A Tribute to Liviu Librescu
    By Philip C. Selz

    In the darkest times we?ve seen, I was sent into the camps
    As I smelled the stench of burning flesh, I knew my kin were gone
    Survival was my only thought, I knew I must come through
    But I didn?t know the reason that my living must go on

    And when the war had ended, liberation finally came
    And I grew to be a man and shortly after took a wife
    And we raised our kids in Israel and we did the best we could
    And we lived for those who died and worked to make a useful life

    Then a teaching job came to me in America one day
    And I thought that building new young minds was destiny for me
    So I traveled to Virginia and I made a brand new start
    And I taught engineering in this homeland of the free

    Now I hear the hallways screaming as shots are fired there
    And I hear the terror in the screams and understand their plight
    So I bar the door from danger and I tell my students ?Run!?
    And as the bullets breach the door I know that I must fight

    And in these final moments as my life is seeping out
    I think back over 60 years and finally understand
    My own salvation now makes sense as children flee and live
    I was saved that day to save this day, I?ve finally made my stand.

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