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September 3, 2009

Retreat and Hide

I thought that once my grandmother passed away, so would I.
We would both be gone.
I would stand still while the earth rotates. [more]

October 20, 2008

A mother's pain

“It doesn’t end on the street,” she said. Her 13-year-old son was shot in the head on October 4, 2007 by a gunman police believe was targeting someone else. His mother, Karen Old, sat across from me at a conference table. She wore a beautiful gold necklace and matching earrings and a pin with a picture of him on her chest; right by her heart. I saw the strength in her eyes and heard her heart beating through her words. “It doesn’t end on the street. I need to know,” she said. [more]