A Day That Will Live in Infamy

Yesterday was a sad day. Our hearts ache as we hear about the murders on the campus of Virginia Tech. More than 30 young people, killed by one angry, hurting man. I thought about writing a longer post, about the "who's to blame" questions I've been hearing in the media, but let me just say, Cho Seung-hui is the one to blame. No one else. He got the guns. He got the bullets. He ended lives and destroyed families. Then I heard that a friend of mine from my college days died. She left behind 5 children, ages 10 months through 8 years. There is a chance she was murdered, but I don't want to say more until I know more facts. But if she was killed, this is the second person I've known to be murdered. How can that be? How can a nice middle-class girl from the 'burbs know two people, ruthlessly struck down at what should have been happy times in their lives? It's unfathomable, and coming on the heels of the tragedy at VT just tore up my heart. What happens to people that they can decide to take the lives of others for their own selfish reasons? How can one person become self-centered enough that he can justify putting his wants ahead of another's life? Our prayers are with the families and friends of the victims at VT and my friend, Kelley, who will not get to see her children grow up.