It's been almost a week since the shootings at Virginia Tech. I vividly remember turning on my TV last Monday, flipping through the channels to find something to watch before class. The big, flashing headline "breaking news" still lingers in my mind. As I watch the horror unfold, the commentators keep altering the number of confirmed casualties, the number never shrinks...My thoughts and prayers go out to all of the victims, their families, and the friends affected by this horrific event...Today, We are all Hokies.

While listening to some music on my computer today, a song came on that is one of my favorites. This song struck a feeling of remembrance in me, so I decided that I would share it with you. Don't laugh, but it is by Celine Dion, one of my all time favorite singers. I know...corny, but hey, it's my blog...

Prayer-Celine Dion
written by Corey Hart

Can we touch the soul of heaven
Can we unite a sacred lesson
Every child creates a skylight of beauty
Can you hear cathedrals falling
All the universe is calling
Cry a single cello from your heart
Since the world has lost her way
Loneliness journey endlessly
Yet the promised chance remains
Gifts of that could be

So let the children remember the sun
Let them dance let them soar
For their lives have begun
Let the children engender the rain
As the river runs through fields
Forever subsiding their pain
Prayer

Every voice along the shoreline
Standing still within time
Spinning unresolved the walking
As each season passes
Through wonderland, looking glasses
The secret garden shire beckons you
Gentle flower don't fade away
Sweet innocence still harbors thee
In faith of garden dreams
Where one love lives eternally

Let the children remember the sun
Let them dance let them soar
For their lives have begun
Let the children engender the rain
As the river runs through fields
Forever subsiding their pain
Prayer

Bless the children for they are the light
They are truth of spirit in fight
Yes the children engender the rain as the river
runs through life
Healing their pain
If you could trust with your heart one more time
Sweet angel conceived
You have forever and always believed...
Prayer