A sweet touch to an emotional night

[Rachel Bray]

Friday night I was to see the Columbus Symphony with 
Kathleen Battle (hometown girl).  It got cancelled.  But 
the symphony decided to go ahead and have a Concert of 
Healing.  It was free for the public and the Red Cross was 
there for donations.  There were several hundred people 
there in the beautiful Ohio Theater.  It was uplifting and 
it was heartbreaking (they did Barber's Adagio for Strings 
which makes me cry any time, let alone now).  Anyway, right 
before it started I made my way downstairs to the 
restrooms.  The basement of the theater is decorated in 
this gorgeous red velvet/gold trim gothic looking columns, 
furniture, etc. with a big mirror at the end of the room.  
I've always loved that area and I make it a point to go 
down there every time I'm in the theater just to stand in 
the middle of the room and close my eyes for a moment.  I 
stood there in the silence for a moment until a young boy 
and his mother came down the stairs.  The boy gasped and 
said "Mom!  It looks like Hogwarts!"  Though my meditation 
was ruined, I burst out laughing.  It was refreshing to 
hear such innocence.  But then I looked around and I have 
to admit....he was right.  It looked very Hogwarts-ish.  
Complete with the Mirror of Erised at the end of the room.

By the way, thanks for those beautiful words, Neil.  It's 
been one of the best healers for my heart to see how the 
world is reacting to this.  And the speech your Prime 
Minister made the other day was so very touching and 
eloquent.


Rachel Bray
The Ohio State University
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