[Magdalen] Remember Their Names

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I just thought of someone's comment, I'm sure it's nothing new, but it
certainly moves me:

No parent should ever have to bury their child.

My spouse used to work for a local school, the Culinary Institute of
America.  When the shootings took place at Virginia Tech, it struck a chord
with the students at the CIA, and they put on their industrial strength
skills and baked chocolate chip cookies -- enough so there would be two or
three for everyone at Virginia Tech.
Someone poopooed the idea.  "Two or three cookies? SO WHAT??"
Then the CIA got thank you notes.  Those cookies really mattered. Reminds
me of the starfish story.
Sorry for blatherwandering.


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:23 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was thinking how horribly sad it is, and then I thought of those parents
> who will get some kind of notification that their child is not going to
> come home again, ever. Heartbreaking and more heartbreaking.
>
> The insanity needs to stop.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> These are the names of the victims of yesterday's shooting at Umpqua
>> Community College in Roseburg, Oregon:
>>
>> Lawrence Levine, 67
>> Lucas Eibel, 18
>> Quinn Glen Cooper, 18
>> Lucero Alcaraz, 19
>> Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59
>> Jason Dale Johnson, 33
>> Sarena Dawn Moore, 44
>> Treven Taylor Anspach, 20
>> Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18
>>
>> May their souls, and the souls of all faithful departed, rest in peace.
>>
>
>