I haven't had much to say lately. Well, I've had a lot to say actually, just not via my ultra-public blog. When the storm of the century (or at least I hope it was) tears through your hometown and kills, destroys, and breaks hearts all over, what is there to say? I was grateful that the Missourian let me come home and cover the tragedy through first-person dispatches. I'm back now working on a multimedia project over it all. My reporting class ends July 6th, and then I'll be back for the rest of the summer. I don't feel like there's a lot I can do, but I can't imagine being anywhere else right now.
I've been curled up on the couch all morning, perusing Facebook and Twitter, when I came across both of Will Norton's Twitter accounts. The last tweet on the first account said, "I'm graduating today!" which was heartbreaking in itself. Then I started scrolling through the tweets on his second account. They were mostly happy, celebratory messages to his friends who had graduated with him also, just hours before his death. But on May 20th, two days earlier, he had retweeted a Bible verse: "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. -Matthew 24:36"
I know this verse pertains to apocalyptic claims, but I think in this case, it pertained to Will's last day and hour. And I'd like to think that God used that verse to speak to Will's heart and prepare him for what was to come. I know he's in a happier place now, as are the rest of those we lost on that day, and I can only hope that when my times comes, I go out with that much grace.
So here's to living like Will, and soaking in every moment we have left.
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