I know there are a couple of regular SoT readers from the Blacksburg area, so I would like to extend to them and to the entire Virginia Tech community my deepest condolences. I'm usually a news junkie, but honestly, tonight, I can't watch anymore. Maybe it's the fact that I've become a dad and now I put myself in other parents' shoes, thinking horrible what-ifs, enough so that I start getting a little paranoid, wondering if I still have those fallout shelter blueprints handy. Thankfully, I have a few years to enjoy before the wee one's no longer wee and I'll have to send her out into that. But what the hell will that world be like by then?
I'm sure our parents thought the same thing.
Meanwhile, I'm going to give you something that will hopefully bring a smile to you on this most horrible of days. Some of you may know that my wife and I record a three-minute snippet of the wee one's life almost every day, and have been since she was born. Well, this footage is almost a month old, but it's my favorite so far. It has everything that being a baby seems to be about: joy, innocence, amazement, helplessness, humor. Oh, and Kermit the Frog. Enjoy.
Thank you, thank you.
Posted by: amcorrea | April 16, 2007 at 10:47 PM
That is great, Jeff. Definitely the best thing I've seen all day.
Posted by: Levi | April 16, 2007 at 11:41 PM
What a precious angel! And oh, those cheeks! Thank you.
Posted by: kookiejar | April 17, 2007 at 01:40 PM
God, she's beautiful. So sweet!
When she tipped over I thought she was going to take a nap and then I was really jealous, because at that age my kids always screamed themselves to sleep!
Posted by: Bonnie | April 17, 2007 at 09:21 PM
I'm a VT student. Thanks for your words. We're all still in shock here, it's going to be hard for a long time. The outpouring of support from the rest of the world is amazing though, helps us so much to know that we're not alone.
thank you.
Posted by: ali | April 18, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Bonnie, is there still a restaurant in Blacksburg called The Greek's?
I wasn't going to post the following link because I thought it might look like I was calling attention to myself, but this really is a heart-felt expression of how I feel, http://billectric.wordpress.com/>here.
Posted by: Bill Ectric | April 18, 2007 at 01:45 PM