I thought today was going to be a great day. It’s a sunny cloud free day here in SC and work was going very well this morning. I just got out of a meeting that had lasted most of the morning and decided to check the news. Then I saw the article on the front page of the news website… Virginia Tech. 1 year later.
Not sure how many other people out there were hurt by this, but I lost a high school friend in the shooting. I’m not even sure why this has dug as deep as it has both on that day and now again today. Maxine was a friend from middle school now that I think about it. She dated one of my fellow wrestlers and she was into music as I was. Once we graduate though I never really saw her much. She went to VT while I went down to Clemson. We were both about to graduate when she was killed.
I’m not even sure why I’m posting this other than to say I hope she’s happy in Heaven and that I hope others are coping well with any losses in their lives. Some tragedies just can’t be explained, but as the song goes, “the good die young.”
I hope you are enjoying the beautiful day from above Maxine.
CP