All I Can Think About
The kids, as their bodies were being taken out of the buildings on the Virginia Tech campus from a place of carnage and unnecessary violence, I heard a report a few minutes ago that the air was filled with the sound of cellphones ringing as parents were trying to find their children.
The calls were never answered. And they never will be for more than three dozen children.
That’s all I can think about right now. And as I watch the television, taking a short break from a project I’ve been working on for years, seems so meaningless right now.
And I can’t help but weep.
I know. I am feeling that very same way.
I can only imagine the horror of hearing the phone ring and ring and no one answering.
Such a tragedy..
[...] Newscoma: The kids, as their bodies were being taken out of the buildings on the Virginia Tech campus from a place of carnage and unnecessary violence, I heard a report a few minutes ago that the air was filled with the sound of cellphones ringing as parents were trying to find their children. [...]
There’s always a little detail that gets me. Dr. Librescu’s final act — jamming his dying body in the door to give his students a chance to jump out the window — was what got me this afternoon. These are not acts one has time to weigh or calculate probabilities. You just do.
There’s a cloud of depression over the NE TN/ SW VA area.
We are just waiting for further information.
Thank you for your words and feelings.
Today is one of those days when I am glad I was busy at work so I didn’t have to think about it too much. Now that I’m home, reality hits again.