Y’all. I turn 30 this month. When did that happen? We took a quick trip down to Tallahassee for the Virginia Tech – Florida State game. We left on Sunday and visited some of the Georgia National Park Service properties on the drive down. Most importantly, we stopped at the only Whataburger in the state…
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We will prevail
I sit down to write this post each April 16th, and thoughts continue to elude me each year. How can you put into words such a day? How do you respect and remember what happened? The emotions of these days don’t diminish with time; your memories of them don’t change or fade. Time moves on,…
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10 years
I walked into the conference room two weeks ago for a regular staff meeting. Someone pulled up the agenda, and pit formed in my stomach as I read “active shooter training.” I avoid active shooter training whenever possible, and I prepared myself for what I would do. The CSPD officer who works as our campus…
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Battle at Bristol
Way back in September, Mac and I attended the largest football game ever. Virginia Tech took on Tennessee at the Bristol Motor Speedway. My parents and in-laws joined us. We stayed in Blacksburg and took a shuttle down to Bristol the day of the game. We tailgated for close to 7 hours (in retrospect, a…
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We remember
Nine years. One shy of a decade. When this week comes each year, I’m shocked at how quickly time has passed and how vivid my memories of it are. I guess that’s what happens with these kind of days. They’re so out of the ordinary that the details from before it and after are seared…
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Just a kid from Fancy Gap
Today, for the first time in 29 years, Frank Beamer isn’t going to coach Virginia Tech’s next football game. After more than my lifetime of games spent patrolling the sidelines, Frank is hanging up his headphones. I wish I could put into words what Frank Beamer means to Virginia Tech. From his college days as…