Nov 26, 2017
New stadium, who dis? #falcons #falconsgame #falconstrong #falconsvsbuccaneers #riseup (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
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New stadium, who dis? #falcons #falconsgame #falconstrong #falconsvsbuccaneers #riseup (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
Last Ladies Basketball Game EVER in the Nest #falconstrong...ps they swept Buhach
In this house we Rise Up! Let's go Falcons!! #atlanta #falcons #falconsnation #falconsriseup #falconstrong #superbowl #riseup #raisingthemright #football #footballmom #red #black #inourblood (at Atlanta, Georgia)
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#falconstrong #boomchant #teamsideline #gdflplayoffs #finishstrong #floridafalcons #startfast (at Mallison Field)
24 hours
It's almost been 24 hours since the Seattle Pacific University Shooting, and I think I've finally been able to process the situation enough to at least put in words the way I feel.
SPU has been my home for the last 4 years. SPU is the one place away from my family that I know the people who surround me, honestly care about me. Something about going to a small university is that you have to try really hard not to know everyone. The idea that someone would come into our home with an intent to harm whoever happened to greet him, is not solely a tragedy but provokes absolute confusion on my part. How could someone come into a school and randomly attempt to kill students studying in a foyer? What has disturbed me the most is that these students who were attacked are us. Any of us could have been the ones the shooter decided to take out that day. If he had chosen any other building on our campus that day it could have very easily been myself. But I'm not the point of this. The point of this is that someone tried to disturb a community that is stronger than he could have ever imagined. The hero in our story, Jon Meis is the epitome of what our school has proved to be in these last four years. He was selfless, and willing to sacrifice his life for the whole community at large. Without Jon, it's unfathomable how many lives could have been lost yesterday. As cliche as it may seem to mention this, our school has a motto, one that we've all made fun of but I think proves effective in terms of previous events. Our school strives to "engage the culture, and change the world." What I saw yesterday, was world changing to say the least. At the chapel service, even though there was a lot of sorrow and anger, the most beautiful humility was there as well. We were told to pray for the shooter himself. Rather than holding on to hated and pain, I saw my school prove to be the beautiful place I know it as. Rather than doing the easy thing and focusing all our efforts on blame, we started an act of reconciliation, of forgiveness, of healing. Our community has been shaken, and it will continue to be for awhile. But our community is strong; everyone has been affected but everyone has also been willing to lean on one another. As President Martin said to the news forecasters, we are a community that puts our faith in God, and because of that we can continue to grow strong in the face of tragedy.
For now, I ask all of you to put your thoughts and prayers towards the families affected. I especially ask you to pray for peace, for the family who lost their son. Our commencement is next Saturday, and a family who was preparing for next Saturday to be celebration will now have hold a commemoration instead.
Ms. Ritzer
Last night at the Studebaker museum (saw lots of cool cars) my mom got an email from the school. It was vague as all hell but it said that the crisis counselors would be back at school on Friday. So, I googled what happened... and my sophomore geometry teacher was allegedly raped before she was murdered in a second floor bathroom at school.
This makes me so sick. I was raped and threatened when I was fourteen but a fourteen year old doing this to a woman 10 years older than him is completely ridiculous. I wish I was home to be with my school family. Because that's what we've become since October 22: a giant family. Everyone in that school has been so strong. Unimaginably strong. We will get through this together.
Falcon strong.
R.I.P. Miss Ritzer.