Here we go!

This first post may be a little more somber than I would like but i found some inspiration in it. last Friday at the golf course in which i am employed a murder occur ed. Now, I didn't know the person, and we were not open for a golfer to find the body (it was at found at 5:30 am after the police receive a tip). The young man was essentially executed write there on the golf course.

We were shocked! (I think most people would be, at least I hope they would be.) After a small amount time the shock among the staff passed and we were almost fascinated with happenings at the crime scene. It was as if it were a scene out of CSI. For the next few days I watched the news read the papers hoping that I would be able to find out a little more detail about what occurred. Names were released and suspects arrested, the case seems very open and shut. It probably is, But not necessarily for everyone.

On Monday after work I received a phone call from my sister. Here voice was unsteady and unsure (I don't pretend to know how she was feeling). She proceeded to tell me that the young man who was killed at the golf course had been one of her students. He was not just a student, but a student whom they (the counselors and herself) had put a great deal of effort into helping.

You may ask what is so inspiring about this tragedy? Well, I found several things. first, there are always people who will care about you, but you often have to put forth the effort to find them. Those people will not often tell you what you want to hear. From what my sister told me I believe the young man was trying very hard to find those people. I found his efforts though ending tragically inspiring. Having listened briefly to my sister I could tell she had cared about this student (I can not remember for sure but I think she had talk to us about him on a few occasions). I have always found that My sister cares. We argue, and sometimes don't see eye to eye, our solutions to problems might not always be the same and we often give each other a hard time, but she cares. I could not do what she does, or work with the kids she works with (I don't imagine there are many that could). She often carries their burdens as well as her own. She tries to teach when others would simply order and yell. She is strong, though I often think that she doesn't believe that she is. She is inspiring to me!