one year.

when i woke up one year ago, i went on my computer to check the weather, email and news, like i do most every morning..except that day there was something wrong, since i was in arizona and three hours behind the east coast, there was news all over the internet about the virgina tech shooting. i just sat there. and i got scared, cause one of my really good friends goes to school there. and i was searching for my phone to call her to see if she was ok, and thank god she was. but i remember not wanting to go to class that day cause i just wanted to watch the news, and see what happened.

i just don't understand what makes a person want to kill people, who are innocent people that don't deserve to die, that still have the rest of their lives to live. it just, it blows my mind away when i think about how it could really happen anywhere, and that you aren't even safe at school. i give the students and staff and everyone at virginia tech so much for their stength and their sense of community still. they were able to pull together and not let something so terrible stop them, not let something pull them down, but it made them stronger. i was reading that fall 08 is supposed to exceed fall 07 by at least 200 students, that just shows how virginia tech has come back, and it makes me happy to see that.

i just hope that no one forgets what happened there. and to say that my thoughts are with the everyone there today. especially you fal, i love you. mucho my friend.
virgina tech. neVer forgeT. 04.17.07.