www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-niu-gunman_webfeb15,0,1760508.story

You always hear of these shootings but it hit too close to home today. My friend’s son attends NIU and his best friend/roomate was in the lecture hall that the shooter was in. When the story first aired on the news earlier this afternoon panic gripped me for a moment, then I said a silent prayer for Nick’s angels to protect him and then I went to call my friend. Before I could get to the phone my other friend called me to see if I was watching the news and then Nick’s mom called to say she had heard from him and that he was safe after not being able to get in contact with him for over an hour. Can you imagine the fear that she was feeling? I wanted to break down and cry when I heard they both were safe.

Thank you Heavenly Father for continually watching over and keeping our loved ones safe while they are away from us.

Of course classes have been cancelled indefinetely and Nick and his roomate are more than likely on their way home. I haven’t spoken to my friend G for about 4 hours now. She probably gassed up the Camry and went to get them.

I don’t know why these type of things have to happen and it seems as if they are occuring more and more as time goes on.

So what is the answer?

What do we do?

How can we stop the violence?

These questions are rhetorical I suppose but really do you have a clue cause I sure don’t.