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Louisiana's Thoughts And Journalings: We As A Nation Mourn Once Again. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Rated "PG" by the Author.
Louisiana comes to grips, along with many other Americans, over what has happened in Virginia, where 33 people were killed in a shooting rampage.
May God be with the fallen and their families. May God be with our nation overall as we now mourn the dead!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:19 a.m., D.S.T., Nashville, Tennessee~
Dear Journal~
I wasn't going to write in here today, but my heart is pregnant with grief over what has happened in Virginia yesterday. Yesterday morning a gunman opened fire on the campus at Virginia Tech, and in the end, 33 people lost their lives, including the gunman who did the shooting in the first place. Now we as a nation must come to grips with this tragedy, and we are left mourning and asking one question: "WHY?"
I turned on the Today show, just as I always do every morning before starting on my shift, and that was all they talked about. It was very depressing, and they showed some disturbing imagery that will stay with me for a long time to come. It was like living Columbine all over again; no, it was like living September 11, 2001, all over again.
I have been crying ever since this happened yesterday; my daughter in Louisiana, Dwerlina, who goes to Louisiana State-Lafayette in Lafayette, was the one who called me to tell me what happened. I have been in a state of disbelief and shock ever since. I now find myself asking questions, why this had to happen in the first place.
It all started because the man in question (the one who did the shooting) broke up with his girlfriend, and he was angry. He decided to get revenge somehow. So he goes on a shooting rampage and shoots anyone who got in his way. Why?? What did the students (or faculty) do to deserve being shot like this? Why didn't the campus security or personnel react sooner, so fewer deaths could have been prevented? Why do we have to put up with violence like this in the first place? What is wrong with the younger generation today? What is wrong with our nation as a whole?
We see these types of things happen, and all we do is sit back and shake our heads. We do nothing to cry out for justice for such atrocities, and we don't even give a damn anymore. It's like we have become desensitized to all the violence that has taken hold, and we won't even do anything to prevent it from happening again.
This is when we need to put prayer, put God back into our lives, our work, even our schools. Maybe with values, the kids of today wouldn't be so out of control. We need to put discipline back into the homes, into the schools, so the kids can learn right from wrong and know that if they do wrong, they will be severely punished for their actions. Now we don't even do that; it's no wonder our youth is so out of control nowadays.
I have been worrying about the safety of my own college kids, and also my school-age kids. Something like this can happen anytime, anywhere, when one least expects it. All of a sudden, I am terrified for their well-being. The shootings are the hot topic of the day here at work, and it is all people want to talk about. It's very depressing.
I will have to call the pastor at my church if he doesn't know about it already, ask him to lift the families of those affected by the Virginia Tech tragedy in prayer. I am sure that our church will have a special memorial service for the slain and injured; most of the other churches across this nation are. People of all faiths are banding together and praying, asking "Why??", wondering why this had to happen in the first place.
Well, I am going to go now; have to get something to eat, try to settle my upset tummy. I haven't been able to eat much since yesterday; let's see if I can keep anything down...
God bless, and God be with those in Virginia (and all shooting victims and their families)! May there never be another Columbine, another 9-11, another Oklahoma City, another Virginia Tech!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your heartbroken Tennessee friend, Louie May. :( >tears!<
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4/19/2007
A sad day for all Americans. May they unite together as one at this time.
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