I have not fallen into the proverbial bottomless pit. I have not abandoned my blog. I have been busy.
The first week in April I went to a meeting from Monday thru Thursday in Eastern KY. Then the second week in April I went to a continuing ed meeing in Auburn, Alabama from Thursday to Sunday. Also held at the same time was the 20th anniversary reunion of my graduating class at Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine. It was a wonderful weekend.
This weekend I am riding herd on another continuing education meeting held in Western KY. In betwixt I am still taking two classes that demand a fair amount of time and trying to keep the laundry pile at my house down to a reasonable level. The cat hair is piling up also and should be vacuumed, but won't get done this weekend.
Joe is worrying about his first round of CATS testing and at the first of this week brought home a big notebook of Science stuff to study. Vaughn is worrying about nothing that I can tell--he's about to become a teenager, so Mom is dumb as a rock sometimes.
It was almost ironic that I went to my reunion at Auburn and the next day the horrific happened at VT. I cannot imagine how the students must have felt, and I surely cannot imagine how the parents of all the students were feeling. I looked at the pictures and bioblurbs about those who died and thought of the tragedy of lives ended too soon. The Bible tells us that what man means for evil, the Lord uses for good, but an episode like that one makes it difficult to see what good could possibly come of the event.
Personally I am not a proponent of gun control, nor of limiting the freedoms of the college campus. I realize that my opinions are not popular, especially in other parts of the world, but I doubt the opinion of a middle-aged fat cow doctor will be noted in higher plains.
As a parent, I want my children to be safe, to feel comfortable in traveling and have confidence that they can live unaccousted. That is not always a realistic expectation. I believe that it is a Yiddish proverb "Man plans, God laughs".
I will pray for comfort for the survivors and families, peace for their hearts and also for the parents of the shooter. They must be devastated, also.
About Me
- Dr. Deb
- I am a veterinarian in Western Kentucky, working at a veterinary diagnostic lab. I have a husband, Steve, and two wonderful sons, all three of whom I often say I would like to "pinch their heads off" when they do something that isn't as I'd like.
1 comment:
Guns are not the problem. Neither are any security measures or lack thereof. Where there's a will there's a way, and he obviously had the will.
Tell us about your reunion.
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