First of all I want to tell everyone who read and or commented on my journal entry yesterday thank you... Your comments reach deep into my heart... I know what Janine said is true... because I know Cara is all the time popping in and looking over my shoulder as I write... and she smiles when I write about the good times... just as I do... I hope she flies to you and lays her hand on your shoulder when you're feeling sad... I don't mind sharing her... she was a loving giving person who just got lost... and now she's a loving giving angel... I didn't mention every person I think of yesterday... there are so many... They're in my heart and I'm grateful that you share your loved ones with me.
today I have something else I want to share with you all. I will return to Cara's story soon but for today... my tribute is to all the people who have been affected by the recent tragedy in Blaksburg, VA... and that includes a whole lot of people... our hearts ache for them...
There is something I have to share and I pray you will understand. As with all of you I have been watching the news and have been so sad about what happened at Virginia Tech. I read an article in US News and World Report about a memorial some students had set up for those who died.
They set up 32 stones in an arc... one for each person who died... except... there was no stone for Cho... That's what the article said... and my heart was saddened... I think we could take a lesson from the Amish...
A young friend at church told us last night that she saw on the internet that the young lady who was involved in putting together the memorial originally did include a stone for Cho... but someone removed it... She put it back and explained that irregardless of what he did he had been one of them... and I am grateful...
This tragedy... all of it... lays heavy on my heart... and I just wanted to share this... I pray that no one will be offended... that is not my intent... I truly wanted to comfort you as this young lady comforted me.
I'm not saying what that young man did was right... it was not! He didn't help anyone, not even himself... but he died too... and I hurt for all of us.... Hugs Elissa
today I have something else I want to share with you all. I will return to Cara's story soon but for today... my tribute is to all the people who have been affected by the recent tragedy in Blaksburg, VA... and that includes a whole lot of people... our hearts ache for them...
There is something I have to share and I pray you will understand. As with all of you I have been watching the news and have been so sad about what happened at Virginia Tech. I read an article in US News and World Report about a memorial some students had set up for those who died.
They set up 32 stones in an arc... one for each person who died... except... there was no stone for Cho... That's what the article said... and my heart was saddened... I think we could take a lesson from the Amish...
A young friend at church told us last night that she saw on the internet that the young lady who was involved in putting together the memorial originally did include a stone for Cho... but someone removed it... She put it back and explained that irregardless of what he did he had been one of them... and I am grateful...
This tragedy... all of it... lays heavy on my heart... and I just wanted to share this... I pray that no one will be offended... that is not my intent... I truly wanted to comfort you as this young lady comforted me.
I'm not saying what that young man did was right... it was not! He didn't help anyone, not even himself... but he died too... and I hurt for all of us.... Hugs Elissa
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forgiveness is the beginning of enlightenment...those who have crossed over immediately forgave and I can only hope to represent that as I walk this earth...
There are so many \"left-over\" relationships in this tragedy....Cho\'s parents, grandparents, sister and aunt...they loved him. They have to hurt for his loss.
The families of the children and educators who died must be reeling from the horror. The world has lost the gifts these young men and woman students were prepared to bring into the world. Maybe there is a lesson in all this I don\'t know but somehow by excluding Cho\'s stone it is giving a visual reality to his secret pain.
I read your journal and agree with you 100% and we have to start to for give.
I to watched to coverage and heard about the stones and that they finally added te 33rd stone. I also when I say my prayers at night ask God to watch over all 33 moms. Because even though Cho had a problem, he still had a mom who loved him just as much as we love our children. I agree with Mari3333 forgiveness is the beginning. We all need to forgive whether it is ourselves, our children or the circumstances that took them. Lots of prayers, Jake\'s mom, Kathy