Growing Snowflowers

The tragedy at Virginia Tech on Monday leads me to this brief posting, I'd like to post a photo of the beautiful campus at Blacksburg, but one photo doesnt tell the story of being a proud hokie in times of despair. Mike attended Virginia Tech for 4 years and earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He had classes in Norris Hall with one of the Professors that did not make it on Monday morning, he gave his life protecting the students in his class. He is deeply wounded and profoundly proud of the students, faculty and alumni that call themselves 'hokies', I too have become a 'hokie' through marriage, and have visited the campus, seen the beauty of the valley and felt the passion of the home team while watching a football game.

We are proud to be part of the Virginia Tech family, we hope Piper will someday be a hokie girl and make her Daddy proud!

All our prayers and well wishes are with the families of the lost, the students and the staff at VT.

We are Virginia Tech, We are the Hokies!