[LancYorkYankee]

Gosh, just finished writing this. Sorry for the long read but appreciate being able to express myself, for what it's worth!

Cheers Mates!

Brian


Thanks for all the encouragement and well wishes. They've close the campus for the rest of the week. The poor kids are coming home like walking wounded. Although our immediate community loss no one, surrounding communties have. Also, we have kids who's roommates were killed or wounded, close friends killed and wounded as well as some of their professors who were killed!

This generation of Virginia kids have had it quite rough. Last year at about this time there was a lady police officer, and the policeman she was trying to protect, killed in a bloody shootout. Between news media, church services, and the huge funeral procession, it made for a heart wrenching time here.

But worse then that this Detective, Vicki Armel, was our very close friend. She went tour church and Cindy and I were in a Bible study with her. Actually one of the first pics. I sent to Accyweb Intro. had me and her little boy out looking for frogs and turtles during a church picture but I digress . . . .

Before that this whole area was terrorized by a bunch of sniper killings. They took place about 5 years ago. Again between constant news stories, warnings, sitings, schools closed or open with policeman standing guard, the whole recreational soccer league cancelled for the kids, etc. It was just a terrible time for eberyone, especially parents sending the kids off to school or any open field or market place for that matter.

I know it sounds just awful and get rid of guns blah blah blah but as flashy so sensitively said earlier, that all can be debated at another time. I wanted to take the time not to sensationalyze the situation, but to emphasize what this latest horror must be having on this generation of Virginia's youth. I fear that in the next few weeks we will begin having suicides again. So many of these kids, and adults, just get overwhelmed by these horrorfying situations!

I end by saying thank you Accyweb for allowing me a place to share so much "stuff!" You guys know more about certain issues and weaknesses of mine than some of my almost close friends!