Posted on 12/05/2010 9:43:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
“Closure” is the alien concept that a person who has had a tragedy in life should just STFU and get on with it, and quit bothering other people about it. It’s really callous and sick.
I am sorry for your loss, by the way.
Last summer, when an article came out about another appeal, I suddenly had very close friends suddenly tiptoeing around me, the same way everyone did right after it happened. I have a dear friend, who still changes the subject every time I bring it up. I have had to tell people, I would prefer they ask me questions and not look at me like I might shatter into a million pieces, right on the spot.
You make a list. Start with yourself. I know two families that were touched by murder. No one ever talks about what kind decent people the victims were. It’s always the gruesome end and the murderers lives. Who cares about them. No really, WHO CARES. I’m tired of seeing THEM talked about, written about, movies made about them.
It doesn’t matter how many years have passed. When I think of Loretta, it’s like I can still hear her voice, see her hair, I remember her laugh. Her family went through hell. Her father witnessed that dirtbag’s execution. 30 plus years. It’s still fresh to me.
They wrote a book. Dead Family Walking. You could talk to them. Find out what you need to do, explain to them what you’re wanting to do, how to go about it.
They are very nice people. The father is Godfrey, mother Goldie. Sisters Emma and Mercedes and a brother David. An oder brother Godfrey.
We lived in a small town. If they can write a book, you can too. Our claim to fame is resident author James Burke. Who doesn’t know James Burke.
If you only do this for you, for your family, do it. If it gets published, okay. It’s going to be done with love so it’s a win win all the way around.
It sounds like you need this. I would love to read a book like this.
Think about it. I’m serious. Talk to family. Get some feedback.
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