[Magdalen] Remember Their Names

Esther Williamson momohl1 at cox.net
Sat Oct 3 23:07:32 UTC 2015


That was a thoughtful thing to do for VA Tech. I'm sure the cookies were 
well appreciated.

Esther

On 10/3/2015 3:23 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>



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