[AppyPappy]

I’ll share this email I received. This is from Bryan Cloyd a professor at Tech His daughter worked in our church nursery and his wife was meeting with our pastor about a mission project when the shootings happened. He wrote this to his students.

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My family’s worst fears were confirmed a few hours ago. My daughter was one of the victims in Norris Hall. She would have been 19 years old next Tuesday. My family hurts deeply for the loss of our precious baby. We ask that you pray for us and for the rest of the Virginia Tech community that has suffered so greatly.

At this point I dont know how or where our class will continue. The guest speakers scheduled for April 25 and April 30 may carry on, but in a different location.

If we dont meet again, your final assignment from me is perhaps the most important lesson you will learn in life. Go to your mother, father, brothers and sisters and tell them with all your heart how much you love them. And tell them that you know how much they love you too. Go out of your way to make good memories. At some point, these memories may be all you have left.

May God bless you all,
Bryan Cloyd

[AppyPappy]

Do we need to retire this thread at 10AM? I wonder if it might confuse people into thinking we have had another shooting.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Oh - thank you for posting that - good words from this professor who must have a breaking heart beyond all imagination. I hope his students were listening to what he said. So sad, so very very sad. Thanks again, though, for sharing it.