Lives cut so short...

[hotmessmama]

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[bella_sarah]

Of course the one that has hit closest to home for me is the shooting in Trolley Square.. Although not a school, innocent people were killed because of a person who just want to shed blood and ruin lives.

Are those books good? I am thinking about getting one or the other.

I can't get this off my mind, I am in a total state of shock and complete mourning for the victims and their families. Thank you for writing this Toni ♥

[hotmessmama]

Oh, I can imagine. You are right - it is still the same thing...just someone wanting to shed blood & ruin lives.

Yes, both of the books are incredible. If you want to choose one or the other, I liked Rachel's Tears more, but both are very good reads. Quick & easy too, so you could definitely get both. They aren't too long & written so well, you can't put it down.

I know that this is something so many of us are feeling so I wanted to write it out. I left it public too...

[kimmiebare]

It is so sad that someone can do such a thing. We were talking about it at work this morning and although we know that God has a purpose in all that He does, it just doesn't seem fair that something like this could happen..We just have to continue lifting up these families/friends/co-workers/etc. up day after day in prayer.

I haven't ever read either of those books, but when I was in high school we went to something called SOAR with my church and Rachel Joy Scott's father and brother both spoke. There was not a dry eye in the building. It was SUCH a touching story. It's amazing to me the legacy that people so young can leave behind.

[morosememoriesx]

I still feel numb, to be honest. I know and realize what has happened, but all I can feel is just anger. I started to cry in my car today, which was the first time. I think it's more and more starting to hit me, but overall, I still feel very numb. It's just so unbelievably surreal.

What angers me so much is at Winthrop today, I heard not one person in any of my classrooms talking or mentioning what happened yesterday. Not even my professors. They carried on like nothing happened. Even passing students on the sidewalk. I'm sorry, but something did happen. And this needs to be acknowledged. How could you act like this did not happen? It angers me.

[bella_sarah]

No one mentioned anything at my school today. It is all I could think about walking through the hallways and sitting in class. blah.

[morosememoriesx]

It's really sad that no one has spoken up about yesterday's events. I have one more class left and I am hoping we discuss what happened b/c it's a discussion class.

[hotmessmama]

I'm not in school, obviously, but we've talked about it here & I'm sure that many of the colleges in VA did talk about it as well. Of course, that mainly could be because it happened in VA.

But, it is shame that no one has talked about it around your areas. :(

[hotmessmama]

They aren't completely sure about that. That was the "rumor" that the dorm shooting was about an ex girlfriend, but they aren't completely sure if he was the same shooter. Not enough evidence for them to accurately say that yet. :/

[sarcasmoqueen]

I hear you - when I heard about it, my first thought was to 7 months ago, when there was a shooting here at Dawson College. My school was less than 10 minutes from there, and I used to work right across the street. And then I thought of the 1989 Polyvalente shootings where Marc Lepine killed the women for "taking his spot" in class. I had a girlfriend who's sister was student there at the time, but who thankfully escaped. And the shooting, by a professor, no less, at Concordia University in the early '90's. And of course all of the ones you menationed too, that were not as close to me. My heart goes out to all the victims. I can't understand what goes through the gunmen's heads.

[hotmessmama]

It affects you no matter where it is, but when it is close to home, it seems to be worse! :/ It is so terribly sad.