Virginia Tech

So another tragedy in our country. Makes you feel like you do not want to send your children out into the world at all. I would love to believe in the basic decency of all humans but we know that is not true...what does Dr. Phil say "Past history determines the future". Things like this are going to continue happening. There are going to be bad people in the world. It will not matter what kind of laws there are around guns, if someone wants to get a gun they will or they will find another way to harm the people that they want to harm.

After working the ER for a few years and seeing human nature at its best and worst I really feel like you are not going to be able to protect your children all the time. There is always going to be that unforseen element. I feel almost numb to this situation. Maybe it is because my children are not college age yet, maybe it is because I do not have children in school at all. I can say that in the past few years that Mike has been homeschooled, I have slept easier. I know that I am not going to be able to keep Mike under my protective wing forever but I feel like I have to as long as I can. I am eventually going to have to let him go and trust that he will be able to figure out who is good and who is bad. That is just it....there are bad people is this world. There will always be bad people in this world, I think it is just my job to make sure that my children are the good ones.