So... I guess we forgot?
Every April 16th I usually try to avoid remembrances until I can get through the day. Then I read them and cry some. A couple linked to below. I know there are more but stopped looking after reading through these. Love to you all.
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My husband and I were in Blacksburg this weekend and paid our respects at the memorial. Shed a few tears as normal and talked about the people we knew.
It hits different now at 37 than it did at 20 especially now with a son. I think you become more aware of how much the 32 missed and what they could have done if they were still with us.
To lighten the mood at the end, I was telling my husband about keeping track of Dr. Logonathan's shirt, tie, sweater vest combinations each fluid mechanics class.
He spoke so softly I always made sure to sit in the front row so I could clearly understand him. He is missed.
Was in the burg this weekend as well. Did the Run for Remembrance on Saturday and visited the memorial on Sunday. Dr. Loganathan was one of my faves.
It definitely was not forgotten. I think most take it as a quiet moment to reflect.
I was out on a walk yesterday wearing a VT shirt and the google street view car passed me by. So...I guess VT is going to be represented on google street view in NC
Chris Fowler column
I read it every year.
That column from him is a great read. Thanks for the reminder.
My first son was born four days later on Hokie Hope Day. Pretty emotional week for me and the super-pregnant wife (both of us are VT class of 2000). It never goes by forgotten.
I actually thought a lot about this yesterday.
I didn't even think about the fact that it was 4/16 until I opened Twitter. I felt guilty about this at first, but I think its important for some folks to hear that "Never Forget" doesn't mean "Never Move On".
Its okay for this day to mean something different to each of us now, 17 years later. Whether that's more intense or less, either is fine. Its okay for this not to carry the same weight as it used to.
It was the first time in about a decade I wasn't able to make it to the 3.2m walk for remembrance and the spring game. But they were in my thoughts.
I unexpectedly lost my father a few years back. Its weird that I don't get extra emotional on the anniversary of his death, fathers day, or his birthday. Usually its little moments, totally unexpected times that really hit me.
For me, its kind of similar here. Yeah, I definitely always wear hokie colors on 4/16, but there are just these times that I think back to the effect the massacre had on me, my friends, my family, and my general outlook on life.
Grief/Remembrance is a funny/weird thing, and its far from uniform for everyone.
Certainly didn't forget but figured if someone needed/wanted to make a thread, they would.
Sent private messages to fellow Hokies that I know struggle around this time each year.