04/17/2019
“We are Virginia Tech, we are sad today and we will be sad for quite a while.
We are Virginia Tech, we are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend and cry, and we are sad enough to know we must laugh again.
We are strong, and brave, and innocent, and unafraid.
We will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears and through our sadness.
We are HOKIES.
WE WILL PREVAIL
WE WILL PREVAIL
WE WILL PREVAIL
WE ARE VIRGINIA TECH” - Nikki Giovanni during convocation speech.
Even after 12 years, we are still sad. Sad for the members of this community that lost their lives and the future stories that were in store for them. But we will walk tearlessly on a daily basis as we approach that memorial years after the fact. We still cry for those we lost in our extended family on this day. And in our sadness, we keep going, to live, to work, and to laugh for them and their families. Today is just a reminder that life is too short, and for some it ends too soon, but we will prevail nonetheless.
4-16-2007