I'm sad
I'm so very sad for my friends Snickollet and OTR girl...the words seem hollow, almost pointless, but I wanted to say something.
I'm sorry for their losses in very different ways. For Snick, I hope and wish for her and her family that the very tough days she's anticipating down the road after her mother leaves don't break her spirit. She is a good soul, a wonderful woman, mother, wife....I am lighting candles for her and GH and the kids.
For OTRgirl, the passing of her grandmother too is very sad, I'm glad her pain as GH's has ended, I'm confident the place they are at now is bringing them relief from the physical pains and showing them great joy as well.
My internet/bloggy friends are talented women, strong women, beautiful souls. I'm lighting candles for them both and for their loved ones.
I'm lighting candles as well today for the lives of the students lost at my alma mater, Virginia Tech. It was with much sadness that I read of what unfolded there today, in the building I once lived. I thought of the young people that I know of today who attend this great school, and I worried for them and thier parents.
Many days I find myself praying to give thanks for all of my blessings and that of my families as well. Today I am praying for all of the above. Praying for a bit of peace for these friends of mine, for the children, for the families. I'm grateful for having that, the ability to pray and have faith in something greater than this life, this very transient existence. I'm praying too that I keep my faith, for all of them as well as for me.
Lots of love,
lil'sis
I'm sorry for their losses in very different ways. For Snick, I hope and wish for her and her family that the very tough days she's anticipating down the road after her mother leaves don't break her spirit. She is a good soul, a wonderful woman, mother, wife....I am lighting candles for her and GH and the kids.
For OTRgirl, the passing of her grandmother too is very sad, I'm glad her pain as GH's has ended, I'm confident the place they are at now is bringing them relief from the physical pains and showing them great joy as well.
My internet/bloggy friends are talented women, strong women, beautiful souls. I'm lighting candles for them both and for their loved ones.
I'm lighting candles as well today for the lives of the students lost at my alma mater, Virginia Tech. It was with much sadness that I read of what unfolded there today, in the building I once lived. I thought of the young people that I know of today who attend this great school, and I worried for them and thier parents.
Many days I find myself praying to give thanks for all of my blessings and that of my families as well. Today I am praying for all of the above. Praying for a bit of peace for these friends of mine, for the children, for the families. I'm grateful for having that, the ability to pray and have faith in something greater than this life, this very transient existence. I'm praying too that I keep my faith, for all of them as well as for me.
Lots of love,
lil'sis
I didn't know that you were a V Tech alum. It's so awful for those kids and their friends and families.
And yes, I am thinking about Snickollet and hoping she is okay. Life is so sad sometimes.
This is just utterly ridiculous. I feel like there is no justice in the world today.
Between OTR, Snick, and Tech, things are horrible. Add in Brandon's death this afternoon, and that's the topper on the proverbial cake.
Did I tell you Mom called me today freaking out? She was worried that I was either on campus with my students or that some student did a copy-cat in my school.
Thank you so much for your sympathy. I sort of feel like it should all be directed toward Snickollet... Weird but true. I loved my Grandmother, but she died 'full of years'. I still can't imagine what it would be like to lose my husband.
I'm so out of it in terms of the news that I hadn't heard of the VTech horror until reading your blog. It's awful! It must be completely surreal that you lived in that building.
"the words seem hollow, almost pointless, but I wanted to say something"
there's that book and DVD "The Secret" out right now. my friend wanted me to watch it, so i did.
while some of the ideasstrike me as, um, odd. i do agree with the notion of resonance. and on some of the ideas on how thoughts become actualised by stating them and thinking them.
it is important to express how you feel. it is never pointless to express sorrow or to hold someone's hand even in our virtual world of blogging. it does make a difference. it does make a difference to saya prayer or to send white light.
Wow, you lived in that dorm? Life is crazy.
Thank you for the sympathy. I will be praying for the students and families from your alma mater who are working through their grief and loss.
keep the faith
good message
thanks for the reminder
tc