Lex shares a very personal letter from his father from his days at the Naval Academy:
Dear Son,
We are hearing very good things about you, as we told you in our phone conversation last night. We are proud of you indeed and we are sure you’ll make it fine.
I know you won’t believe it now, but the worst is over. It is down hill from here on out.
Well worth reading…
This blog has always been a glimpse into my life and world – and I want to continue blogging about my life openly.
There are things happening right now that I can’t write about – not because they’re secret squirrel stuff, but because it just wouldn’t be appropriate to write about them publically – perhaps later when the chips have fallen where they may – but for now, I write this post as a placeholder to remind myself of how I felt the night the Red Sox won (and not just because of the Sox), the excitement and nervousness in my gut, and the intense focus within me for the months ahead.
Yes, this is cryptic, but one day I’ll get to point back to this entry with more detail and you’ll understand.
It’s not often that you see a major police department in the United States make such a statement of responsibility so soon after an incident such as the one that killed College Student Victoria Snelgrove during the celebrations in Boston after the Red Sox won the ALCS two days ago. Details from the Boston Globe:
The Boston Police Department “accepts full responsibility” for the death of a 21-year-old college student killed by a police projectile fired to disperse crowds celebrating the Boston Red Sox victory over the New York Yankees.
Preliminary findings indicate that Victoria Snelgrove, a journalism student at Emerson College, was hit in the eye by a projectile that disperses pepper spray on impact, Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole said Thursday.
Snelgrove died at 12:50 p.m. at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, hours after the overnight melee.
“The Boston Police Department is devastated by this tragedy. This terrible event should never have happened,” O’Toole told reporters. “The Boston Police Department accepts full responsibility for the death of Victoria Snelgrove.”
I applaud the leadership of Boston PD for their handling of the aftermath of this incident….