Tragedy.

[mijan]

Please read:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/05/texas.fort.hood.shootings/index.html

It's moments like this when I am SO sharply reminded that once you're a Soldier, you never stop being part of the military family.  I lost eleven brothers and sisters today.  Another 31 were wounded.  HERE.  On American soil.  Where they should be safe.  I don't even know their names.  I'm waiting to hear who they are, because I know people who are stationed there.

I'm trying not to cry.  It's not working.

Senseless, needless loss of life.

I need a drink.

Comments

[vixys.livejournal.com]

Tragedies like these always seem to bring out the speechlessness in us all.

I'm thinking of them and their families--of course I am--but I'm going to worry about you as well. You take these things hard, and from what you're saying, this is hitting a little too close to the bone for comfort. So I'll worry about everyone, you and them, and yes, they should have been safe, and it's a travesty and a tragedy that they weren't. ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's hitting a bit too close for comfort. I'll be fine though. It's just this sick clammy feeling that sticks in your gut and twists your stomach. I understand why people drink hard liquor now. The burn makes that clammy feeling go away, even if only for a moment.

There's just nothing to say. It happened, and I can't change it, and... *sigh*

I'm gonna walk home now. Be back shortly.

[vixys.livejournal.com]

I probably won't be here when you get back (which makes me a bad, bad person)--I have two assessments tomorrow, and it's already 11--and I'm sorry for that, but do just know that I'm going to be thinking about this - and about you. And yes, you will be fine, but please, don't go all crazy and destroy your liver. Sleep, work, write, eat. It sounds callous, but try and keep your mind off it.

*hugs* My thoughts are with you. ♥

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Hun, I'm gonna drink coffee tonight and bury myself in a fanfic I'm writing. That was already the plan. Don't worry, hun. I've gotten pretty good at keeping a level head over the years. People just don't realize it until the shit hits the fan.

*hugs* Take care of your academics, and I'll talk to you soon. <3