tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003558331120575193.post4223464525169568421..comments2023-08-24T07:28:15.209-04:00Comments on ARCHIVE: The Barksdale Buzz: In Memoriam: Pfc. Jonathan M. RossiJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690159972412894518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003558331120575193.post-69495570146128176262007-07-09T18:14:00.000-04:002007-07-09T18:14:00.000-04:00My thoughts are with the Rossi family in this time...My thoughts are with the Rossi family in this time of grief. I offer the prayer of metta, the compassionate wish for the peace of all sentient beings in the buddhist tradition.<BR/><BR/>"May all beings be happy. May they live in safety and joy. May all beings, whether weak, strong, tall, stout, average or short, near or far, seen or unseen, in all directions throughout all possible universes, may they be happy, peaceful, and free from suffering.<BR/><BR/>As a mother watches over her child, willing to sacrifice her life to save her only child, so should I cherish all living beings, suffusing the whole world and limitless time and space with pure, onobstructed kindness and peace."<BR/><BR/>We are in Jonathan Rossi's debt as a nation and as a community. The similar sacrifices of so many families across this country must never be forgotten.<BR/><BR/>With deepest sympathy,<BR/><BR/>Scott WichmannScott Wichmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698019570231228339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003558331120575193.post-11642688784363547512007-07-08T11:18:00.000-04:002007-07-08T11:18:00.000-04:00I hope this doesn't seem foolish or cliche. Watch...I hope this doesn't seem foolish or cliche. Watching the video of AnnaMarie's brother and his surviving sons, it's all I could think of. In the context of the show, it's really quite moving, and, in the context of this tragic loss, appropriate and consoling, I hope.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Mother cannot guide you.<BR/>Now you're on you're own.<BR/>Only me beside you.<BR/>Still, you're not alone.<BR/>No one is alone, truly.<BR/>No one is alone.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes people leave you<BR/>halfway through the wood.<BR/>Others may deceive you.<BR/>You decide what's good.<BR/>You decide alone.<BR/>But no one is alone.<BR/><BR/>LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD<BR/>I wish...<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA(To Little Red)<BR/>I know... <BR/>Mother isn't here now. <BR/><BR/>BAKER(to Jack)<BR/>Wrong things, right things...<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Who knows what she'd say?<BR/><BR/>BAKER<BR/>Who can say what's true?<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Nothing's quite so clear now- <BR/><BR/>BAKER<BR/>Do things, fight things...<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Feel you've lost your way? <BR/><BR/>You decide, but<BR/>You are not alone.<BR/>Believe me.<BR/>No one is alone.<BR/>No one is alone,<BR/>Believe me.<BR/>Truly...<BR/><BR/>BOTH<BR/>You move just a finger,<BR/>Say the slightest word,<BR/>Something's bound to linger,<BR/>Be heard. <BR/>No one acts alone.<BR/>Careful, no one is alone.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>People make mistakes.<BR/>Fathers,<BR/>Mothers,<BR/><BR/>BOTH<BR/>People make mistakes,<BR/>Holding to their own,<BR/>Thinking they're alone.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Honor their mistakes... <BR/>Fight for their mistakes-<BR/>Everybody makes-<BR/><BR/>BOTH<BR/>One another's <BR/>Terrible mistakes.<BR/>Witches can be right,<BR/>Giants can be good.<BR/>You decide what's right,<BR/>You dedide what's good.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Just remember:<BR/><BR/>BAKER<BR/>Just remember:<BR/><BR/>BOTH<BR/>Someone is on your side.<BR/><BR/>LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK<BR/>Our side.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA & BAKER<BR/>Our side-<BR/>Someone else is not.<BR/>While we're seeing our side-<BR/><BR/>LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD & JACK<BR/>Our side....<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA & BAKER<BR/>Our side-<BR/><BR/>ALL<BR/>Maybe we forgot:<BR/>They are not alone.<BR/>No one is alone.<BR/><BR/>CINDERELLA<BR/>Hard to see the light now.<BR/><BR/>BAKER<BR/>Just don't let it go.<BR/><BR/>BOTH<BR/>Things will come out right now.<BR/>We can make it so.<BR/>Someone is on your side,<BR/>No one is alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003558331120575193.post-3538947334234643192007-07-08T11:08:00.000-04:002007-07-08T11:08:00.000-04:00To All our Friends in the Rossi Family,Be assured ...To All our Friends in the Rossi Family,<BR/><BR/>Be assured that you are in our prayers during your time of loss. The ones of you we know and all the family members we don't know. We're so sorry. Please let the Florida part of your family know that their dear son and brother is being remembered and mourned here in the Richmond theatre community. There's nothing we can do but let you and them know that all over the country, in every walk of life, there are people who are taking notice of Jonathan today and who care about your family and send our love. God bless you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com