Todd Schoonover Just got my first email from 43T.
The past two days there’s been a lot of press about the suicide of a Rutgers student whose roommate had secretly broadcast him in a sexual encounter with another guy. There’s now talk of trying to get that roommate charged with manslaughter and as a hate crime. I’m not sure I agree with that, but I do feel bad for the student who died and his family who now have to live with that grief.
The family had dinner tonight to recognize Grandma’s birthday since most of us won’t be around on Monday to celebrate it. Afterwards I approached Travis’ dad and asked him how he was doing today. His answer made me think that he didn’t understand what I was asking. I later asked mom if she had talked to her brother about today, and she too had to think for a minute before understanding what I was asking about. It’s been fourteen years and I wonder if others in the family are forgetting, while I know it’s still there for Grandma and me.
