"Nunca dejes de sonreír, ni siquiera cuando estés triste, porque nunca sabes quien se puede enamorar de tu sonrisa." - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Oh wow. I am so, so sorry to hear about this. It does make one wonder... with friends in the same boat... how/why things can't be different in those "relationships" - if you can call them that. =(
The awful thing is knowing just how premeditated this was. The sad thing is knowing there's so little we could have done.
At least the kids have family to support them, so even upon losing their parents they won't be alone - no orphanage for them. But damn. I haven't been able to sleep very well at all tonight. Gee, I wonder why.
The funeral's going to be in the Northeast, either Boston or Providence (she was Puerto Rican but born in Rhode Island). Nowhere near here in either case ... I'm going to look into charities concentrating on mitigating the effects of domestic violence and see what I can do to donate, it's the least I can do at this time.
This should serve as a further example of why threats should be taken *seriously*. And why the police department should be unburdened of things like immigration so they can focus on immediate threats like this.
I can't imagine what this has done to the kids. You can't hold them and tell them that it's all right, because, no, it's not all right. The worst thing that can happen to a child happened to them. They had to learn too damn soon.
How the hell do you tell a kid, "Sorry, your dad killed your mom then killed himself?" That miserable, self-centered sack of shit. She'd left him but he made his own final answer, and saddled everyone with the aftershocks.
We're still working on getting something together with the other coworkers - donations of money or time to a battered women's shelter in Orlando, being something, anything positive needs to come out of this.
I wish that I could say something more than I am sorry that this happened to someone who seemed so wonderful and bright, but at least she had you as a friend and that you will remember her with love and sincerity. *hugs* I am sorry for your loss, Carlos. I hope that light shines on her family, and especially her children, soon.
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At least the kids have family to support them, so even upon losing their parents they won't be alone - no orphanage for them. But damn. I haven't been able to sleep very well at all tonight. Gee, I wonder why.
The funeral's going to be in the Northeast, either Boston or Providence (she was Puerto Rican but born in Rhode Island). Nowhere near here in either case ... I'm going to look into charities concentrating on mitigating the effects of domestic violence and see what I can do to donate, it's the least I can do at this time.
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I can't imagine what this has done to the kids. You can't hold them and tell them that it's all right, because, no, it's not all right. The worst thing that can happen to a child happened to them. They had to learn too damn soon.
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We're still working on getting something together with the other coworkers - donations of money or time to a battered women's shelter in Orlando, being something, anything positive needs to come out of this.
I can't let Jackie have died in vain.
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*hugs* I am sorry for your loss, Carlos. I hope that light shines on her family, and especially her children, soon.
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