one year anniversary

Today was an odd day, it is the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. There was a ceremony on campus which was nice but the whole day was odd. It was sunny and beautiful and it felt really odd that exactly one year ago we were in shock as we found out what was happening. One of my students, Derek O'Dell was shot but survived. I will never forget him nor the faces of any of the victims. As I was leaving school this afternoon, I rode by the memorial and there were dozens of people there mourning and hundreds of others playing soccer, frisbee, etc. on the drill field... surreal is the only way to describe it.