GO HOKIES!

I don't know what to say about the events that took place on Monday at my alma mater. Virginia Tech has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I first visited the school when I was 10 years old, for an Odyssey of the Mind competition. Ever since that first step I took onto the Drillfield, I knew that I wanted to come back. I applied for early admission to Virginia Tech, and nowhere else. The years I spent there were some of the best of my life. I met my best friends there, and we've been just as close ever since. I met my husband there, too. We met at the library on campus and got married at the War Memorial Chapel. Virginia Tech has been in our hearts for a long, long time. We were so sad and angry to hear about the horrific events that happened at our wonderful school. We prayed for the faculty and staff we know there, and for all the students who had to go through such a life-changing experience.

I would like to encourage everyone who reads this to show your support for the victims of the horrible events that took place at Virginia Tech on Monday by participating in the Orange & Maroon Effect on Friday, April 20, 2007.

There is nothing that we or anyone can do to take away the suffering of the horrible day at Virginia Tech, but I also know that Tech is a big family of strong and resiliant people! I know that we will all get through this difficult time...and we'll do it all as Hokies.