Face Palm Emoji

If I could use an emoji as the title of this blog, that's the one I'd use.  I use it often, it fits so many circumstances.  I want to write about football, I really, really do, and I will.

But first, I can't even begin to wrap my brain around what has happened and continues to happen in this country. This particular situation hits close to home. I go to concerts. Lots of them. With my children.  I was in Las Vegas this summer. Drove by this location almost daily. With my children. Walked by it on our first day in Vegas. With my children. It literally brings me to my knees to think about the horror that those poor, innocent victims must have felt last night. The terror that their families must have felt when they awoke to the horrific news of what had happened.  The panic that they are going through trying to find their loved ones.  The despair and disbelief that 58 families are feeling right now. And then our media and people of this country use this as an opportunity to make this a political issue.  Have you no heart? Have you no conscience? Put your agenda aside and save your soapbox rant for something else. Right now we should be focused on doing what we can to help the victims.  If the only thing you can do is pray, send good vibes, meditate, or whatever word you use to describe how you help people with your thoughts.  Do that! Don't point fingers. Don't place blame. Now is not the time, it will never the be the time.  The only blame lies in the person that was in that hotel room and anyone that may have willingly and knowingly assisted him. That's it!  It's not the gun's fault. It's not his race's fault. It's not his religion's fault. No more than it's the fault of the vehicle that he drove to the hotel, or the concierge that checked him into the hotel.  It's his fault. His! That's it!

Now, on to football and that same face palm emoji. To the ridiculous fans that were HAPPY that Speight got hurt and is now out for several weeks.......Really people? Really?!?! You're happy that a kid, who plays football for free, for your entertainment, is hurt and can't play?!?! Everything about that is wrong. Am I glad that O'Korn got an opportunity to play, lead the team, and show us just what he is capable of? Of course, but I'm not glad that it came at the expense of a cheap shot that injured our starter. You should literally be ashamed of yourselves for celebrating his injury.  I'm ashamed that you root for the same team I do.  There are many things that I'm ashamed of as a Michigan fan and American today, but there are far more things that I'm proud of as a Michigan fan and an American.  So, I choose to focus on the latter, to help my psyche deal with the former.

Pick 6 things that make me proud:
1. The heroes that walked toward the sounds of gunfire to save lives.
2. The student/athletes that literally put it all on the line for entertainment purposes.
3. The people standing in line for six hours to donate blood to strangers.
4. The student/athletes that turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to ridicule.
5. The strangers that united last night to keep each other safe.
6. The leaders and best.

Go USA and Go Blue
~Bekki