I just met a relative of the 9-year-old boy mentioned in this article. She was walking from the garage into the clinic at the same time I was and asked for directions to the Children’s hospital. Knowing what a maze this place is, I told her I’d just walk with her so she didn’t get lost, even though I wasn’t going in that direction. After a short silence, she proceeded to tell me, in sporadic short sentences, that her nephew was injured in a car accident last night and that his father died in the crash. I tell ya, I started tearing up as we were walking over there. I felt so bad for her, but also felt proud to work at the hospital that was taking care of her family. I walked her through the Children’s food court and to the hospital elevators. As I wished her luck, she said “Bless you” and smiled a little. I smiled a little too.

See, I needed some uplifting stories about the Virginia Tech shootings and here’s one on CNNs website. Go figure:

Heroes of the Virginia Tech Massacre

Damn, has it really been a week? I suppose its possible. Geesh. I guess I could blame it on the Virginia Tech shooting rampage and the chaos that ensued, but I’d be lying a little.

I have to say, I was pretty shell-shocked about it, in a blogger sense. Sure, there’s plenty to blog about, but what is there to say that wasn’t already said by midnight the evening of the shootings? The whole “only a domestic incident” comment and then the identity of the shooter revealed…after all that, it’s hard to say anything that is very meaningful.

I did get to see the Oprah special (because I stayed home on Wednesday due to a sick dog) and she had one of the kids from Columbine on. His sister was one of the first victims to die and he and his father now go around the country and give lectures on the topic, focusing not on the killer but on their sister/daughter. Just the opposite of what the media did when they got the tapes and letters from the VT shooter. If I’m upset about one thing, its not about gun control or immigration, its the media and how they continued to publicize that filth. Its one thing to inform the public and another to give the shooter exactly what he wanted. I’m sure there’s a whole lot more about the entire situation that I don’t know/don’t understand, but I’m okay with that right now.