Sadness

It's been a difficult week one way and another, and today we lost a student in very tragic circumstances.  It's not my tragedy, and I feel uncomfortable saying too much about it, but in a small community such as a school, everyone is affected; everyone is drawn together by it.  Fortunately we had two empty offices today so we worked a sort of triage system for the students most in need of support.  I suspect the ripples of this event will continue for some time, and the sadness of a life ended so young will be something we all think about a lot.

I don't have anything very wise to say about it.  It's just a really awful thing, and I feel very much for the girl's family and friends.