Mourning for those lost at Northern Illinois University

Another tragic episode in one of our universities.

This one hit pretty close to home: my husband's niece and nephew both attend NIU, and both were on campus that day.

A few phone calls last night reassured that they were OK, thank God. Our niece had a friend who was supposed to have been in that very class yesterday afternoon, but for some reason decided to blow off class that day. Our nephew had that same class (oceanography) in that same building last semester.

My prayers go out to those who died or were wounded and to their grieving families and friends.