- An acquaintance of mine with Multiple Sclerosis isn't doing so well. She's on a ventilator at a local hospital. Her husband may have to make the difficult decision to take her off life support this weekend. She's only in her 40s.
- The prosecution concluded their case against one of the defendants in the Morey family murder trial. I knew the mother, met the father and the children. I still remember 19 January this year when we were at work watching television coverage of a house fire. Someone remembered that it was Tina's house. We called her cellphone and the moment my co-worker said there was no answer, I got goosebumps. Two men that the family knew allegedly stole cash and cocaine from the house, shot the parents, stabbed their 13, 10 and 6 year old sons and set the house on fire to cover up the crime. I had met the youngest son just a few days before. There were so many rumors circulating in the days after, including mutilation of the children and how she was getting ready to leave her husband because of the drugs. We attended the memorial service and I burst into tears when her mom hugged me. She had lost everyone and everything, Tina was her only child. I wish the perpetrators could get the death penalty but even death would be too good for them.
- 3 teenagers were arrested after a plot to stage an attack on their school was uncovered. It would have been carried out on 20 April 2010, the 11th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings. One of the students posted their plans on MySpace and another reader reported it. Why are these troubled American teenagers resorting to violence? What is this phenomenon of school shootings? Is it the fault of absent parents, the lack of gun control laws because of the powerful gun lobby, the Internet, the violent video games? I read once that the 20th century was the most violent in all of human history. What can we do to make sure the 21st century won't get this prize? If you've heard of the collective consciousness, every kind act or word, every fight for justice, any positivity that you add to this consciousness is supposed to help break the cycle of pain and violence. Easier said than done, but may the Force be with us all. Heaven knows we need it.
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