A moment to remember.

This quiet scene could be the entrance to any suburban high school. But it isn't. It is the main entrance to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado; not just a school but a memorial as well.

Columbine is grimly etched in the memory of everyone alive to hear the news back on April 20, 1999. No one could contemplate what would drive two boys to do what they did that day. So this is just a reminder: yesterday was April 20, unofficially known as "Columbine Day." For whatever reasons those boys had, they changed this country forever and not in a good way. Perhaps they were out to "get even" with classmates who they perceived--or in fact--had wronged them. Maybe they were crazy. Something pushed them outside the box, far enough out to where this all looked achievable and worthwhile to them.

This picture was taken on April 18, 2005, six years almost to the day after the massacre. The students who were there in Spring, 1999, were gone; the ones who were freshmen were two years into college, and the seniors were out starting their careers. Fourteen of them were not in careers or higher education though: the 12 who were murdered, and a teacher; and the two perpetrators themselves. Six years later on a quiet Monday afternoon, there was no sign of the violence--just a bus waiting at the door and a few cheerleaders grouped on the walk.

Life is a delicate balance of order and chaos, one only a few steps from the other. It was good yesterday, ten years after, to remember those who were caught when life was out of balance.

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