My daugther, Donna Jou, 19 years old, pre-med, honor student at San Diego State University is missing since June 23, 2007. For details please see WWW.DONNAJOU.COMSuspect is a convicted sex offender, he is in California State Prison (for unrelated to Donna's case), hiding behind the law (5th Amendment Right), maintaing his silence...
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Friday, October 31, 2008
JessiesMomGlendene's Page - Peace4 the Missing
My daughter, JESSIE FOSTER has been an endangered missing person since March 29, 2006. She is more likely than not a victim of human trafficking. Our homepage is: www.jessiefoster.ca for more info.
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Milkman's Page - Peace4 the Missing
Milkman's Page - Peace4 the Missinghttp://peace4missing. ning. com/profile/MilkmanMilkman from MyMilkCarton. orgWhere you can post your missing person on a milk carton."I'm very happy to be a part of this network. Please feel free to contact me at any time.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Susan Murphy Milano's Journal: What Every Parent Must Do Before Taking Kids Out On Halloween!
The chaos, candy and costumes that are all a part of the Halloween joy and hysteria are here once again. As a mother of three and a young-at-heart baby boomer, few people have cherished the rituals of this unusual and downright bizarre holiday more than me. However, it's not all fun and candy.
The Franks Foundation is urging every parent in America to check their local sex offender registry before taking their children trick-or-treating. It goes without saying that children should never be allowed to go out alone by themselves on any night, particularly this one.
Checking their local sex offender registry before the annual night of trick-or-treating is one more quick but important step that parents can take to ensure theirchildren's safety. The Franks Foundation recommends the nationwide sex offender registry at http://www.familywatchdog.us./; It will take less than five minutes of your time and is absolutely free.
While you're at it, you can sign up for free email notifications
whenever a convicted sexual predator moves into your community.
Aren't your kids worth it? The Franks Foundation thinks so!
Susan Murphy Milano's Journal: What Every Parent Must Do Before Taking Kids Out On Halloween!
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The Franks Foundation is urging every parent in America to check their local sex offender registry before taking their children trick-or-treating. It goes without saying that children should never be allowed to go out alone by themselves on any night, particularly this one.
Checking their local sex offender registry before the annual night of trick-or-treating is one more quick but important step that parents can take to ensure theirchildren's safety. The Franks Foundation recommends the nationwide sex offender registry at http://www.familywatchdog.us./; It will take less than five minutes of your time and is absolutely free.
While you're at it, you can sign up for free email notifications
whenever a convicted sexual predator moves into your community.
Aren't your kids worth it? The Franks Foundation thinks so!
Susan Murphy Milano's Journal: What Every Parent Must Do Before Taking Kids Out On Halloween!
Please join us at Peace4 the Missing
Missing Persons Awareness and Support Network
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Shammings of the Shames: The Well Deserved
Tom and Jackie were a loving couple with children who adored them. In their later years Tom and Jackie shared a dream of living at sea and sailing around on their boat the "Well Deserved".
To realize their dream they took a huge and scary step and sold their home, planning to live out there days on their most beloved boat, the Well Deserved. After two years of living on the water they received news from their son that they were expecting a grandson, Jace. The loving parents and now grandparents decided they wanted more than anything to be a part of Jace's life. They decide to sell their boat and move back to Arizona.
Tom put an ad up selling his boat for $444,000. In response to the ad he met Skylar Deleon, a young "child actor" (he actually only played a small part on the Power Rangers show). Skylar introduced Tom and Jackie to his own wife and 9 month old child. Jackie and Tom were comfortable with the young couple and decided to sell the boat to them.
Skylar asked that he be taken with two of his friends out to sea in order to test the boat out. Along with Skylar came Myron Gardner and Alonso Machain. At first glance all seemed normal, Tom was a large and strong man and I can imagine would never believe the evil they were about to experience or the very real danger they were in.
Once out on the water about an hour away from shore, the group quickly turned on the couple.
First they separated Tom and Jackie.
Myron Gardner a very large man, attacked Tom putting him in a chokehold, while Alonso Machain attacked Jackie, although they both fought hard, eventually they were both overpowered by the group of criminals.
They tied the couple up and forced them to sign transfer papers to Skylar for the boat, as well as give them their bank account numbers and social security numbers while all the while beating them.
Alonso Machain testified yesterday that the couple was left tied and blind folded on their bed and the tape around their mouths became loose enough for him to hear Jackie pleading for her life, saying she did not want to die and that she wanted to see her grandchild, Tom could be heard telling Jackie that everything would be okay.
He was wrong.
Skylar Deleon found a very heavy anchor on the boat and he was going to use it in the most horrible way. He had his team of thugs bring Tom and Jackie up on the deck and tighten their blind folds, he then tied them together and to the anchor and as Alonso testified, Jackie was shaking uncontrollably when suddenly the anchor was thrown overboard and the couple were yanked into the ocean.
I can't imagine the fear and panic that took them into that water. The agony Tom must have felt unable to save himself and his wife.
After the murder of Jackie and Tom, the group drank Tom's beers and went fishing with his fishing rods. Skylar Deleon went so far as to take their video camera and days after he murdered them, he filmed his own family during their thanksgiving dinner, without erasing the footage of Jackie and Tom taken before they died. The camera was found by investigators.
Skylar emptied the couples bank accounts and falsified records to show he purchased their boat days before the murder. His wife cleaned the boat of blood and evidence and once Skylar got caught and his thugs turned against them, he tried to hire people to kill the witnesses against him, showing no remorse for what he had done, to not only Jackie and Tom, but to the Hawk family.
Yesterday, after 4 years, the trial has finally come to the penalty phase. Skylar Deleon is asking for mercy and not to be put to death.
Baby Jace will never know his wonderful grandparents. Tom and Jackie suffered immensely before they died and ultimately losing their lives in the ocean water they so loved. They cried and begged for their lives and offered to give Skylar everything and anything he wanted and still he showed them no mercy. He didn't care about Jackie shivering and asking to please let her live to see her grand baby. He didn't care.
I say there is no reason to show this monster mercy. I say his death will be nothing compared to that of this loving couple and I just wish in this case an eye for an eye was possible and that Tom and Jackie Hawks family would be the ones to tie the anchor around his neck.
Rest in Peace Tom and Jackie Hawks.
Jennifer Deleon, Skylar's wife, just receive life in prison for her role in this horrific scheme.
Shammings of the Shames: The Well Deserved
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To realize their dream they took a huge and scary step and sold their home, planning to live out there days on their most beloved boat, the Well Deserved. After two years of living on the water they received news from their son that they were expecting a grandson, Jace. The loving parents and now grandparents decided they wanted more than anything to be a part of Jace's life. They decide to sell their boat and move back to Arizona.
Tom put an ad up selling his boat for $444,000. In response to the ad he met Skylar Deleon, a young "child actor" (he actually only played a small part on the Power Rangers show). Skylar introduced Tom and Jackie to his own wife and 9 month old child. Jackie and Tom were comfortable with the young couple and decided to sell the boat to them.
Skylar asked that he be taken with two of his friends out to sea in order to test the boat out. Along with Skylar came Myron Gardner and Alonso Machain. At first glance all seemed normal, Tom was a large and strong man and I can imagine would never believe the evil they were about to experience or the very real danger they were in.
Once out on the water about an hour away from shore, the group quickly turned on the couple.
First they separated Tom and Jackie.
Myron Gardner a very large man, attacked Tom putting him in a chokehold, while Alonso Machain attacked Jackie, although they both fought hard, eventually they were both overpowered by the group of criminals.
They tied the couple up and forced them to sign transfer papers to Skylar for the boat, as well as give them their bank account numbers and social security numbers while all the while beating them.
Alonso Machain testified yesterday that the couple was left tied and blind folded on their bed and the tape around their mouths became loose enough for him to hear Jackie pleading for her life, saying she did not want to die and that she wanted to see her grandchild, Tom could be heard telling Jackie that everything would be okay.
He was wrong.
Skylar Deleon found a very heavy anchor on the boat and he was going to use it in the most horrible way. He had his team of thugs bring Tom and Jackie up on the deck and tighten their blind folds, he then tied them together and to the anchor and as Alonso testified, Jackie was shaking uncontrollably when suddenly the anchor was thrown overboard and the couple were yanked into the ocean.
I can't imagine the fear and panic that took them into that water. The agony Tom must have felt unable to save himself and his wife.
After the murder of Jackie and Tom, the group drank Tom's beers and went fishing with his fishing rods. Skylar Deleon went so far as to take their video camera and days after he murdered them, he filmed his own family during their thanksgiving dinner, without erasing the footage of Jackie and Tom taken before they died. The camera was found by investigators.
Skylar emptied the couples bank accounts and falsified records to show he purchased their boat days before the murder. His wife cleaned the boat of blood and evidence and once Skylar got caught and his thugs turned against them, he tried to hire people to kill the witnesses against him, showing no remorse for what he had done, to not only Jackie and Tom, but to the Hawk family.
Yesterday, after 4 years, the trial has finally come to the penalty phase. Skylar Deleon is asking for mercy and not to be put to death.
Baby Jace will never know his wonderful grandparents. Tom and Jackie suffered immensely before they died and ultimately losing their lives in the ocean water they so loved. They cried and begged for their lives and offered to give Skylar everything and anything he wanted and still he showed them no mercy. He didn't care about Jackie shivering and asking to please let her live to see her grand baby. He didn't care.
I say there is no reason to show this monster mercy. I say his death will be nothing compared to that of this loving couple and I just wish in this case an eye for an eye was possible and that Tom and Jackie Hawks family would be the ones to tie the anchor around his neck.
Rest in Peace Tom and Jackie Hawks.
Jennifer Deleon, Skylar's wife, just receive life in prison for her role in this horrific scheme.
Shammings of the Shames: The Well Deserved
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Justice Interrupted Tonight on Blog Talk Radio
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
"Murder Special Delivery at Sea or No Body"
This week's Show:
Self-made millionaire James Sullivan, America’s Most Wanted Fugitive #715 on the run for the contract murder of his estranged wife for nearly 20 years. Stay turned for a Justice Interrupted exclusive interview from Boston with Dee Whalen .
Tina Dirmann has covered some of the nation's biggest news stories, interviewing notorious criminals and profiling A-list celebrities. In recent years, Dirmann switched gears from crime news to entertainment reporting, working as a staff reporter for Us Weekly before becoming Deputy Bureau Chief for Star Magazine. She has also served as a frequent on-air spokesperson for both magazines, appearing on shows such as MSNBC, Extra, Good Day LA, CNN, A Current Affair, Inside Edition, Fox News, and a variety of E! network programming. Her latest crime novel "Vanished At Sea", is garnering a lot of attention with the recent arrest of a former power rangers television series star.
For over 12 years Tad DiBiase was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and prosecuted homicide cases for most of those years. In January of 2006, he sucessfully prosecuted the second "no body" murder case tried in D.C. and have been interested in "no body" cases ever since.
On his site he tracks "no body" murder cases, trials and investigations. My table of "No body" Murder Trials lists nearly 300 "no body" murder trials in the United States.
And from Peace4 the Missing Co-Founder "Maggie's Rose" and Polly Franks of the Franks Foundation will join us for "This Week in Crime."
Time: 8 PM PST/ 10 PM CEN/ 11PM EST
CALL IN: 914- 338-0663To listen live go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/justiceinterrupted and click on the "Click To Listen" icon.
You might want to refresh your page because the icon will not show until the show starts.
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Date / Time: 10/28/2008
Category: Current Events
Call-in Number: (914) 338-0663
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"Murder Special Delivery at Sea or No Body"
This week's Show:
Self-made millionaire James Sullivan, America’s Most Wanted Fugitive #715 on the run for the contract murder of his estranged wife for nearly 20 years. Stay turned for a Justice Interrupted exclusive interview from Boston with Dee Whalen .
Tina Dirmann has covered some of the nation's biggest news stories, interviewing notorious criminals and profiling A-list celebrities. In recent years, Dirmann switched gears from crime news to entertainment reporting, working as a staff reporter for Us Weekly before becoming Deputy Bureau Chief for Star Magazine. She has also served as a frequent on-air spokesperson for both magazines, appearing on shows such as MSNBC, Extra, Good Day LA, CNN, A Current Affair, Inside Edition, Fox News, and a variety of E! network programming. Her latest crime novel "Vanished At Sea", is garnering a lot of attention with the recent arrest of a former power rangers television series star.
For over 12 years Tad DiBiase was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and prosecuted homicide cases for most of those years. In January of 2006, he sucessfully prosecuted the second "no body" murder case tried in D.C. and have been interested in "no body" cases ever since.
On his site he tracks "no body" murder cases, trials and investigations. My table of "No body" Murder Trials lists nearly 300 "no body" murder trials in the United States.
And from Peace4 the Missing Co-Founder "Maggie's Rose" and Polly Franks of the Franks Foundation will join us for "This Week in Crime."
Time: 8 PM PST/ 10 PM CEN/ 11PM EST
CALL IN: 914- 338-0663To listen live go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/justiceinterrupted and click on the "Click To Listen" icon.
You might want to refresh your page because the icon will not show until the show starts.
To comment on the shows Click Here!
Date / Time: 10/28/2008
Category: Current Events
Call-in Number: (914) 338-0663
http://justiceinterrupted.blogspot.com/
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Rilya Who? (~LostFaces~ of the Missing)
Rilya Who?
Up until last night, I'd never heard the name Rilya Wilson. Rilya's name came up while I attended the blogtalk show,
Peas In Their Pods
Now? Neither Rilya's name, nor her story will EVER be forgotten by me. Rilya's beautiful, innocent face will remain with the other names, faces, and stories that haunt my sleep.
Rilya was born Sept. 29, 1996, to a homeless cocaine addict. Ironically, Rilya's name was an acronym for "Remember I love you always." She was taken into state custody when she was less than 2 months old.
POSTED: 3:41 pm EST March 16, 2005
UPDATED: 5:30 am EST March 17, 2005
MIAMI --
A woman who was supposed to be taking care of Rilya Wilson, the foster child whose disappearance three years ago scandalized Florida's child-protection agency, was indicted Wednesday on charges of murdering the 4-year-old girl.
Geralyn Graham was also charged with kidnapping and three counts of aggravated child abuse in the case of the girl who was suffocated or beaten to death sometime in December 2000, the grand jury indictment said. No body has been found, the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's office said. Read More...
Former Caregiver Charged With Murdering Rilya Wilson
By Associated Press
Published April 8, 2005
Geralyn Graham whispered the confession while they shared a cell in August, an informer awaiting a robbery trial says in court papers.
The caregiver charged with murdering foster child Rilya Wilson whispered "I killed it" to a jail cellmate and said she suffocated the 4-year-old because she "had demons," according to the inmate's account in court papers released Thursday.
Robin Lunceford said Geralyn Graham confessed to her and explained that she smothered Rilya with a pillow after Rilya insisted on wearing a Cleopatra costume - something Graham considered evil - for Halloween instead of an angel outfit as Graham wanted. Read More...
Suspect admitted killing Rilya Wilson, cellmate says
By DANA CANEDY
Published: May 3, 2002
Tim Bottcher, a spokesman for the state agency said, ''We know we have folks who don't think we do a good job, and that's their opinion, but we are not necessarily going to respond every time someone says something.''
Kathleen Kearney, secretary of the agency, is not granting interviews, Mr. Bottcher said. In a news conference on Wednesday, she would not answer questions but read a statement in which she took responsibility for Rilya's disappearance.
She also accused a caseworker, Deborah Muskelly, of filing false reports of monthly visits with the girl and a supervisor, Willie Harris, of failing to review the case file.
Ms. Muskelly and Mr. Harris resigned under pressure last month for what the agency said was mishandling of another case. The agency would not provide details of that case, and the two workers could not be reached for comment.
Rilya was supposed to be in state custody, but the agency and her grandmother lost track of the girl for 15 months. They realized she was missing only last week, when a caseworker tried to check on the girl and did not find her at the grandmother's house. The grandmother and state agency each thought the other had custody of Rilya.
Read More...
Case of Lost Miami Girl Puts Focus on an Agency
Posted 10/8/2007 8:14 AM
By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer
MIAMI — It's now been more than six years since foster child Rilya Wilson went missing, a disappearance that led to a shakeup at Florida's child welfare agency and murder charges against the little girl's former caretaker.
Yet Rilya's body has never been found and there's little physical evidence against the woman accused of abusing and killing her, 61-year-old Geralyn Graham.
Read More...
Fla. prosecutors build foster child case
It's nearing the year 2009, and of all the information I sifted through, there is one thing I could not find...
One single person to say "I am ashamed to admit it, but I am part of the reason that Rilya is still missing"
Not the child welfare agency who didn't notice the little girl missing for what? 15 months.
[Tim Bottcher, a spokesman for the state agency said, ''We know we have folks who don't think we do a good job, and that's their opinion, but we are not necessarily going to respond every time someone says something.'']
In THIS case, the problem seems to be that NOBODY said ANYTHING!
Geralyn & Pamela Graham, who the state (over) paid to take care of Rilya maintains their innocence.
[Pamela Graham supported allegations of abuse by Geralyn Graham, including claims that Graham tied Rilya to a bed and locked her in a small laundry room for lengthy periods as punishment for misbehavior.] *HERE
Even friends stood quietly by, until it was too late...
[Other friends and acquaintances reported similar incidents, as well as unusually numerous bruises, scratches and other injuries suffered by the girl.] *HERE
One friend even gave AID to this abusive situation!
[One friend, Detra Coakley, said she gave Geralyn Graham a dog cage with the understanding that Rilya would be kept inside it, though she's not sure if it ever happened.] *HERE
***To save You, the reader a bit of time...the above 3 *HERE links are all from the same article listed above,
Fla. prosecutors build foster child case
Saving Our Children now has a Rilya Alert.
Named after a little girl lost and forgotten by the same system that was supposed to keep her safe, Rilya Alert is for some of those children who will never make Amber Alert, Nancy Grace, OR the headlines.
Rilya
Remember I Love You Always
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Up until last night, I'd never heard the name Rilya Wilson. Rilya's name came up while I attended the blogtalk show,
Peas In Their Pods
Now? Neither Rilya's name, nor her story will EVER be forgotten by me. Rilya's beautiful, innocent face will remain with the other names, faces, and stories that haunt my sleep.
Rilya was born Sept. 29, 1996, to a homeless cocaine addict. Ironically, Rilya's name was an acronym for "Remember I love you always." She was taken into state custody when she was less than 2 months old.
POSTED: 3:41 pm EST March 16, 2005
UPDATED: 5:30 am EST March 17, 2005
MIAMI --
A woman who was supposed to be taking care of Rilya Wilson, the foster child whose disappearance three years ago scandalized Florida's child-protection agency, was indicted Wednesday on charges of murdering the 4-year-old girl.
Geralyn Graham was also charged with kidnapping and three counts of aggravated child abuse in the case of the girl who was suffocated or beaten to death sometime in December 2000, the grand jury indictment said. No body has been found, the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's office said. Read More...
Former Caregiver Charged With Murdering Rilya Wilson
By Associated Press
Published April 8, 2005
Geralyn Graham whispered the confession while they shared a cell in August, an informer awaiting a robbery trial says in court papers.
The caregiver charged with murdering foster child Rilya Wilson whispered "I killed it" to a jail cellmate and said she suffocated the 4-year-old because she "had demons," according to the inmate's account in court papers released Thursday.
Robin Lunceford said Geralyn Graham confessed to her and explained that she smothered Rilya with a pillow after Rilya insisted on wearing a Cleopatra costume - something Graham considered evil - for Halloween instead of an angel outfit as Graham wanted. Read More...
Suspect admitted killing Rilya Wilson, cellmate says
By DANA CANEDY
Published: May 3, 2002
Tim Bottcher, a spokesman for the state agency said, ''We know we have folks who don't think we do a good job, and that's their opinion, but we are not necessarily going to respond every time someone says something.''
Kathleen Kearney, secretary of the agency, is not granting interviews, Mr. Bottcher said. In a news conference on Wednesday, she would not answer questions but read a statement in which she took responsibility for Rilya's disappearance.
She also accused a caseworker, Deborah Muskelly, of filing false reports of monthly visits with the girl and a supervisor, Willie Harris, of failing to review the case file.
Ms. Muskelly and Mr. Harris resigned under pressure last month for what the agency said was mishandling of another case. The agency would not provide details of that case, and the two workers could not be reached for comment.
Rilya was supposed to be in state custody, but the agency and her grandmother lost track of the girl for 15 months. They realized she was missing only last week, when a caseworker tried to check on the girl and did not find her at the grandmother's house. The grandmother and state agency each thought the other had custody of Rilya.
Read More...
Case of Lost Miami Girl Puts Focus on an Agency
Posted 10/8/2007 8:14 AM
By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Writer
MIAMI — It's now been more than six years since foster child Rilya Wilson went missing, a disappearance that led to a shakeup at Florida's child welfare agency and murder charges against the little girl's former caretaker.
Yet Rilya's body has never been found and there's little physical evidence against the woman accused of abusing and killing her, 61-year-old Geralyn Graham.
Read More...
Fla. prosecutors build foster child case
It's nearing the year 2009, and of all the information I sifted through, there is one thing I could not find...
One single person to say "I am ashamed to admit it, but I am part of the reason that Rilya is still missing"
Not the child welfare agency who didn't notice the little girl missing for what? 15 months.
[Tim Bottcher, a spokesman for the state agency said, ''We know we have folks who don't think we do a good job, and that's their opinion, but we are not necessarily going to respond every time someone says something.'']
In THIS case, the problem seems to be that NOBODY said ANYTHING!
Geralyn & Pamela Graham, who the state (over) paid to take care of Rilya maintains their innocence.
[Pamela Graham supported allegations of abuse by Geralyn Graham, including claims that Graham tied Rilya to a bed and locked her in a small laundry room for lengthy periods as punishment for misbehavior.] *HERE
Even friends stood quietly by, until it was too late...
[Other friends and acquaintances reported similar incidents, as well as unusually numerous bruises, scratches and other injuries suffered by the girl.] *HERE
One friend even gave AID to this abusive situation!
[One friend, Detra Coakley, said she gave Geralyn Graham a dog cage with the understanding that Rilya would be kept inside it, though she's not sure if it ever happened.] *HERE
***To save You, the reader a bit of time...the above 3 *HERE links are all from the same article listed above,
Fla. prosecutors build foster child case
Saving Our Children now has a Rilya Alert.
Named after a little girl lost and forgotten by the same system that was supposed to keep her safe, Rilya Alert is for some of those children who will never make Amber Alert, Nancy Grace, OR the headlines.
Rilya
Remember I Love You Always
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Susan Murphy Milano's Journal: Drew Peterson and Legal Roaster: Lip Service to Murder?
Susan Murphy Milano's Journal: Drew Peterson and Legal Roaster: Lip Service to Murder?
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Monday4 the Missing, Missing Child From Baltimore, "Lil' Guy"
Thanks to Mammabear from ~Lost Faces of the Missing~
LOOK at the picture...He is such a beautiful little boy! He don't deserve to be shuffled through the system like
a package of unclaimed freight!!!
How on earth can someone NOT be looking for this darling child? We are trying to get updates about this child from the authorities in Maryland to see if he has at least been given a name and a family. If anyone knows a way to expedite this process, please step up. I will try to post any updates that we hear about him.
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LOOK at the picture...He is such a beautiful little boy! He don't deserve to be shuffled through the system like
PLEASE, if you recognize the boy in this picture, Step forward and speak up for Lil' Guy!
Yeah! There are already too many John Does in this world...so I kinda chose Lil' Guy for him.
If you don't like the nickname I picked out, and you know his TRUE IDENTITY, then PLEASE speak up!
Ask yourself these questions:
What happens to this young boy, if nobody comes forward? Without a parent to sign papers, can he EVER be adopted? OR Will Lil' Guy be shuffled around from family to family, in the foster care system?
Case Type: Unknown
DOB: Sex: Male
Missing Date: Apr 9, 2008
Case Type: Unknown
DOB: Sex: Male
Missing Date: Apr 9, 2008
Race: Black
Age Now: 3 years old
Age Now: 3 years old
Hair Color: Black (Braided)
Eye Color: Black
Height: 2'6"
Weight: 25 lbs (11kg)
Missing City: UNKNOWN
Missing City: UNKNOWN
Missing State : MD
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: USMDDoeJohn040908
Circumstances:
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: USMDDoeJohn040908
Circumstances:
Lil' Guy was wandering the streets in the 3000 block of Ruckert Ave, Baltimore, near the Baltimore City Police Department.
Anyone with information that may lead to the identity of Lil'Guy, should contact Baltimore City Department of Social Services.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Maryland Center for Missing Children1-800-637-5437
(1-800-MDS-KIDS)
Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Baltimore City Department of Social Services
410-361-2235
Poster and Description: NCMECHow on earth can someone NOT be looking for this darling child? We are trying to get updates about this child from the authorities in Maryland to see if he has at least been given a name and a family. If anyone knows a way to expedite this process, please step up. I will try to post any updates that we hear about him.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Tekenya Wooten Has Been Found
Maybe we can all learn some lessons from this case. Had we not all banded together and put pressure on and given this little girl exposure, would the results have been the same?
Maybe we can save the world one little girl at a time!
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1267228.html
From Staff Reports Comment on this story
DURHAM - A pregnant 12-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday was found this morning in Durham, police said.
Durham police officers found Tekenya Wooten on Gordon Street at about 11:45 a.m. today, according to a news release. She appeared to be unharmed, according to the release.
Wooten was living in a Durham group home that operates as a residential and maternity child care facility. Investigators were treating her disappearance as a runaway case and did not trigger the state's Amber Alert program in this week's search.
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Maybe we can save the world one little girl at a time!
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1267228.html
From Staff Reports Comment on this story
DURHAM - A pregnant 12-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday was found this morning in Durham, police said.
Durham police officers found Tekenya Wooten on Gordon Street at about 11:45 a.m. today, according to a news release. She appeared to be unharmed, according to the release.
Wooten was living in a Durham group home that operates as a residential and maternity child care facility. Investigators were treating her disappearance as a runaway case and did not trigger the state's Amber Alert program in this week's search.
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Tekenya Wooten, 12 Year Old Mother-to-Be, Missing
Whatever your feelings about how she got into this situation in the first place, the fact remains she is still a missing child who is about to give birth. That is TWO missing children. The case deserves all of the exposure it can get so that Tekenya Wooten can give birth safely. I just hope that she is indeed "just a runaway teen" and that she is hiding safely with someone who cares about what happens to her.
The following is a list of agencies and elected officials that have been contacted about Tekenya. Please help by calling or emailing to voice your concerns:
The News & Observer
215 South McDowell Street
P.O. Box 191
Raleigh, NC 27602
Main: (919) 829-4500
Customer Service: (800) 522-4205
WRAL:
Newsroom: (919) 821-8600 or (800) 245-WRAL
Newsroom Fax: (919) 821-8541
News Tips: (919) 821-8590 or use our online form
Durham PD -Cheif Jose Lopez, Sr. of the Durham Police Department 919- 560-4322 jose.lopez@durhamnc.gov
Durham City Manager- Thomas Bonfield (919)560-4222 tom.bonfield@durhamnc.gov
Mayor of Durham (919) 560-4333 ext. 269 Bill.Bell@durhamnc.gov
Durham Child Protective Services (919) 560-8424 ( This is run by Durham COUNTY)
Here is a template letter found on another site if you choose to email and don't know what to say:
“I’m concerned that the Durham Police Department has classified Tekenya Wooten as a “run a way” versus “high risk” as a result of this classification, no media outlet will cover her story. This reduces the chances that this young woman will be recovered. The fact that she is 12 years old and the birth of her child is imminent means that not only is this young girl in danger, but so is the life of her child. I am equally disturbed that the police department has done nothing further than take its cue from a group home that has an incentive to classify this child as a “run a way” for administrative purposes. A 100 pound 12-year-old can’t RUN anywhere. Has she been classified in this way because she is poor? Has she been classified this way because she is Black? Has she been classified this way because she is pregnant? Has she been classified this way because she lived in a group home? Why doesn’t the City of Durham think that a 12 year old pregnant child who is missing is not high risk? “
For more up to date information about Tekenya Wooten, please check the following links:
DreaminDemon
Womanist Musings
Electronic Village
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Justice Interrupted Crime Radio Network: With Peace4Missing's Own Maggie's Rose : October 21, 2008
On the show tonight from Richmond, Virginia, Polly Franks has testified before Congress and lobbied on Capital Hill for tougher sex offender laws. She has been featured on 20/2o, Nancy Grace, good morning America, she has been written about in national women’s magazines and newspapers and she is the founder ofthe Franks Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting kids from sexual predators.
From Illinois Daily Herald Reporter Joseph Hosey. AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK: Fatal Vows”The Tragic Wives of Drew Peterson his book is available in bookstores and on Amazon. Hosey is the only reporter allowed access during the exhumation of Drew Peterson's third Wife, Kathleen Savio. And he has been following this case since day one.From Nebraska -Patty Beeken Co – founder of 4TheKids Missing Kid Service since 1999 after Patty’s daughter, Jessica, ran away from home and was missing for several months in 1998. offers free services to families with missing children. Their wish is that no parent ever feels alone in the quest to return his or her child home safely.
And from Peace4TheMissing Co-Founder "Maggie's Rose" will weigh in on the cold case of Carol Marie Batten Dowless from Whiteville,N.C.Time: 8 PM PST/ 10 PM CEN/ 11PM EST
CALL IN: 914: 338-0663
To listen live go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/justiceinterrupted and
click on the "Click To Listen" icon.You might want to refresh your page because the icon will not show until the show starts.
Call in live at: 914-338-0663 to participate in the show!
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Teach Your Children Well...and Sing Along
Song lyrics | Teach Your Children lyrics
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
Where Is Donna?
Where Is Donna?
Petition:
We, Donna Jou's family and friends ask Mr. John Steven Burgess for help in our search for Donna.
Mr. Burgess is the last known person Donna was seen with at his Los Angeles, California rental home and now utilizes his right to remain silent. We as a Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Teacher and Friend ask you Mr. Burgess to please speak with us about Donna's whereabouts.
We will always continue with our hope in finding Donna but Mr. Burgess We Ask For Your Help To Bring Donna Home. Our plea with you (Mr. Burgess) is a question that we need answered...."Where is our beautiful Donna"?
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Lexie Binion, Endangered Runaway, Ohio
ALEXANDRIA FAITH BINION
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Jul 31, 1991 Sex: Female
Missing Date: May 1, 2008 Race: White
Age Now: 17 Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Missing City: ASHLAND Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
Missing State : OH Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Blue
Case Number: NCMC1095187
Circumstances: Both photos shown are of Alexandria. She may be traveling with a male companion. They may travel out of state. Alexandria's ears, nose, and tongue are pierced. She has light brown highlights in her hair. Alexandria has tattoos on her wrists. Her nickname is Lexie.
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Jul 31, 1991 Sex: Female
Missing Date: May 1, 2008 Race: White
Age Now: 17 Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Missing City: ASHLAND Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
Missing State : OH Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Blue
Case Number: NCMC1095187
Circumstances: Both photos shown are of Alexandria. She may be traveling with a male companion. They may travel out of state. Alexandria's ears, nose, and tongue are pierced. She has light brown highlights in her hair. Alexandria has tattoos on her wrists. Her nickname is Lexie.
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ALEXANDRIA FAITH BINION
Case Type: Endangered Runaway
DOB: Jul 31, 1991 Sex: Female
Missing Date: May 1, 2008 Race: White
Age Now: 17 Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Missing City: ASHLAND Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
Missing State : OH Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Blue
Case Number: NCMC1095187
Circumstances: Both photos shown are of Alexandria. She may be traveling with a male companion. They may travel out of state. Alexandria's ears, nose, and tongue are pierced. She has light brown highlights in her hair. Alexandria has tattoos on her wrists. Her nickname is Lexie.
Missing Since March: Kelli Renee Rice
Missing Since March: Kelli Renee Rice
Booneville, AR - Young mother Kelli Renee Rice, 25, has been missing since March 2, 2008, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the papers. There’s no widespread search for Kelli. No press coverage, no t-shirts or angel-winged photoshopped pictures circling the internet or the globe. Nobody, it seems, really cares that much what happened to Kelli Rice - except her family. Kelli’s mother, Rhonda, has asked us to feature Kelli on our site in hopes that someone - anyone - will know what has happened to her.
Kelli Rice was born on August 1, 1983. A tall, slender girl with light brown hair, she’d run with the same small group of friends since grade school. She hung out with them, partied with them, did drugs with them at times. Kelli was not a saint, her family will tell you. But she was a sweet girl, and trusting - sometimes too trusting, they believe.
Kelli’s son was born two years ago, after she completed drug rehabilitation in Missouri. Now two, her baby’s father is in prison, so he has an alibi for the night Kelli went missing. Kelli had been to see him in Oak Grove, Missouri the week before she disappeared. When she got back to Arkansas, it was party time again.
The following timeline comes from the family’s own investigation of Kelli’s disappearance. At this time, nobody has been named a suspect or even a person of interest in the investigation, and the family believes that local law enforcement has simply decided not to look for Kelli. All information from here out comes from Kelli’s family and friends.
On February 29, Kelli went to a friend’s house. Sometime during that evening, her friends Beronica Terry and Terry Luther Jr. met her at the house and the three of them went to visit a man named Steven Long at his trailer near Ione. Steven Long and Kelli had an on-again, off-again relationship, and Long was reportedly upset that Kelli refused to see him exclusively.
The next day, Kelli, Steven Long and a guy named Aaron Henry went to Ft. Smith, Arkansas to sell drugs to Kelli’s cousin, Mary Foster. Mary says that she bought the drugs the evening of March 1. Then Kelli, Long and Henry left her house between 2:00 and 2:30 on the morning of March 2. The trio said they were headed back to Steven Long’s place.
One man later told deputies that he had seen Kelli Rice walking in the woods near Ione about twelve hours after the group left Mary Foster’s home. He spotted a woman who he believes may have beenKelli at about two in the afternoon of March 2. Days later, Kelli’s jacket was found nearby. There was no blood on the jacket, but there did appear to be marks on the back that looked like whoever was wearing the jacket had been dragged across the ground.
When Kelli didn’t show up to get her baby, her family called to report her missing and deputies questioned the people with whom she was last seen. Aaron Henry reportedly told the investigating officer that Kelli had “freaked out” on the way back from Mary Foster’s house. Henry allegedly said that Kelli had jumped out the window of Long’s pick-up truck and they “never saw her again”.
The problem with his story is that Kelli traditionally rode in the middle of the front seat of that truck, and that window didn’t work without using pliers to crank it. In order to jump out the window, Kelli would have had to jump over Steven Long, use the pliers to crank the window, and get out without anyone stopping her.
Beronica Terry told Kelli’s family that she gave a statement to the police saying that Steven Long had asked her to beat up Kelli. Terry Luther Jr. told the family that Steven Long had offered to pay him and Beronica to bring Kelli to Steven’s house.
And Steven Long, for his part, seems to have left the Ione area himself. Kelli’s family says that Long uses several aliases and has talked a lot, but his story changes each time. In fact, he dropped off Kelli’s purse with her family shortly after she went missing. At this point, Kelli’s mother Rhonda believes that Long and Henry murdered Kelli on the night of March 2.
Kelli’s clothes were found in March near a campfire in the woods near Ione. No other hard evidence appears to have been found. Kelli has not called or shown up for her son - actions her family says are unthinkable for her if she is still alive. The family has received phone calls stating that Kelli’s body has been found or was in a well - one area well was drained to search, but Kelli’s body was not in it. Local law enforcement officials have not commented on this case except to say that Kelli’s body has not been found and that they are treating this case as a missing persons investigation.
If you know Kelli Renee Rice or have any information about her condition or whereabouts, please call the Logan County Arkansas Sheriff’s Office at (479)963-3271.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2008/09/26/missing-since-march-kelli-renee-rice/
Booneville, AR - Young mother Kelli Renee Rice, 25, has been missing since March 2, 2008, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the papers. There’s no widespread search for Kelli. No press coverage, no t-shirts or angel-winged photoshopped pictures circling the internet or the globe. Nobody, it seems, really cares that much what happened to Kelli Rice - except her family. Kelli’s mother, Rhonda, has asked us to feature Kelli on our site in hopes that someone - anyone - will know what has happened to her.
Kelli Rice was born on August 1, 1983. A tall, slender girl with light brown hair, she’d run with the same small group of friends since grade school. She hung out with them, partied with them, did drugs with them at times. Kelli was not a saint, her family will tell you. But she was a sweet girl, and trusting - sometimes too trusting, they believe.
Kelli’s son was born two years ago, after she completed drug rehabilitation in Missouri. Now two, her baby’s father is in prison, so he has an alibi for the night Kelli went missing. Kelli had been to see him in Oak Grove, Missouri the week before she disappeared. When she got back to Arkansas, it was party time again.
The following timeline comes from the family’s own investigation of Kelli’s disappearance. At this time, nobody has been named a suspect or even a person of interest in the investigation, and the family believes that local law enforcement has simply decided not to look for Kelli. All information from here out comes from Kelli’s family and friends.
On February 29, Kelli went to a friend’s house. Sometime during that evening, her friends Beronica Terry and Terry Luther Jr. met her at the house and the three of them went to visit a man named Steven Long at his trailer near Ione. Steven Long and Kelli had an on-again, off-again relationship, and Long was reportedly upset that Kelli refused to see him exclusively.
The next day, Kelli, Steven Long and a guy named Aaron Henry went to Ft. Smith, Arkansas to sell drugs to Kelli’s cousin, Mary Foster. Mary says that she bought the drugs the evening of March 1. Then Kelli, Long and Henry left her house between 2:00 and 2:30 on the morning of March 2. The trio said they were headed back to Steven Long’s place.
One man later told deputies that he had seen Kelli Rice walking in the woods near Ione about twelve hours after the group left Mary Foster’s home. He spotted a woman who he believes may have beenKelli at about two in the afternoon of March 2. Days later, Kelli’s jacket was found nearby. There was no blood on the jacket, but there did appear to be marks on the back that looked like whoever was wearing the jacket had been dragged across the ground.
When Kelli didn’t show up to get her baby, her family called to report her missing and deputies questioned the people with whom she was last seen. Aaron Henry reportedly told the investigating officer that Kelli had “freaked out” on the way back from Mary Foster’s house. Henry allegedly said that Kelli had jumped out the window of Long’s pick-up truck and they “never saw her again”.
The problem with his story is that Kelli traditionally rode in the middle of the front seat of that truck, and that window didn’t work without using pliers to crank it. In order to jump out the window, Kelli would have had to jump over Steven Long, use the pliers to crank the window, and get out without anyone stopping her.
Beronica Terry told Kelli’s family that she gave a statement to the police saying that Steven Long had asked her to beat up Kelli. Terry Luther Jr. told the family that Steven Long had offered to pay him and Beronica to bring Kelli to Steven’s house.
And Steven Long, for his part, seems to have left the Ione area himself. Kelli’s family says that Long uses several aliases and has talked a lot, but his story changes each time. In fact, he dropped off Kelli’s purse with her family shortly after she went missing. At this point, Kelli’s mother Rhonda believes that Long and Henry murdered Kelli on the night of March 2.
Kelli’s clothes were found in March near a campfire in the woods near Ione. No other hard evidence appears to have been found. Kelli has not called or shown up for her son - actions her family says are unthinkable for her if she is still alive. The family has received phone calls stating that Kelli’s body has been found or was in a well - one area well was drained to search, but Kelli’s body was not in it. Local law enforcement officials have not commented on this case except to say that Kelli’s body has not been found and that they are treating this case as a missing persons investigation.
If you know Kelli Renee Rice or have any information about her condition or whereabouts, please call the Logan County Arkansas Sheriff’s Office at (479)963-3271.
http://www.dreamindemon.com/2008/09/26/missing-since-march-kelli-renee-rice/
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
10 Avoidable Mistakes for Divorced Parents
Ten Mistakes Parent's often make when going through a divorce that may potentially have a lasting negative impact on their children. Please watch this video and learn what NOT to do.
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Collaborative Divorce - "Healthy" Divorce Alernative?
The following tools are designed to help you better understand your divorce options. Court appearances are costly in time, money and emotion because the adversarial court system often pits one family member against another. With the help of CCD Professionals, you can resolve your situation in the best way possible for your entire family, preserving your relationships and financial resources.
 | Is Collaborative Divorce Right for You? A set of questions to find out if you should pursue a cooperative rather than a litigated divorce. |
| | What are Your Dicorce Needs? CCD can help you with decisions about your marriage, filing for divorce or separation, negotiating issues, working on a marital settlement agreement, or modifying an agreement post-divorce |
| | Free Orientation with a CCD Professional To learn more about the CCD approach, any CCD Professional can provide you with a Free Orientation by phone or e-mail. |
| | Collaborative Divorce Assessment Working with a case manager is recommended for those who need more in-depth evaluation in order to identify and consider their options and issues. This is a for fee service with a CCD professional. |
| | The Glossary Provides more information and definitions of terms, disciplines, and professions. http://www.nocourtdivorce.com/tools.phtml |
PTA Dads, it's a Good thing
Posted by Kevin OShea on Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:42 AM
Back to school for dads, too?
As a full-time father, I've spent many hours volunteering in my children's schools and serving on (or chairing) PTA committees. I've commented before on the relative absence of fathers in school, but an article in the current issue of Instructor magazine (written for elementary school teachers) does a better job than I ever could of defining the problem.
Kyle Pruett, a professor at Yale and a fomer keynote speaker at the Midwest Fathers Conference, is quoted as saying that "Many men, myself included, do not feel welcome in schools. There are no posters on the wall or magazines in the front office that make me feel like this is my place."
Why is this? "The schools say the fathers don't come because they're so busy, they're working," Pruett says. "And the fathers say, 'Nobody asks, of course I'd come.'"
Ron Klinger, founder of the nonprofit Center for Successful Fathering, says he faced resistance when he began running school-site fathering workshops in the 1990s. "We discovered that school teachers actually preferred to have mothers there rather than the fathers. Who knows why?" He provides the answer: "Schools are matriarchal."
For sure. Women outnumber men on PTA membership roles 9-1, and moms were nearly three times more likely than dads to volunteer at school. (In single-parent families, mothers were only slightly more involved than fathers.)
This father absence is a shame, because fathers' presence in schools can do wonders for kids. "We know that when fathers are positively engaged in children's lives, a lot of positive things happen," according to Pruett. "They are better behaved. They do better in school. They are less likely to use physical violence." Plus, children with fathers who are involved at school are more likely to get better grades, participate in extracurricular activities, and they are less likely to be disciplined.
http://info.detnews.com/redesign/blogs/dadsblog/index.cfm?blogid=438
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Kids Helping Kids, Little Activists doing BIG Things
Coins for Change
The Coins for Change campaign in December 2007 empowered the children who play Club Penguin to effect real change in the world.
More than 2.5 million children donated in excess of 2 billion virtual coins they earned playing games on Club Penguin to support the environment, children's health or children in developing countries. Through their virtual donations, the kids directed how much of a $1 million cash donation went to three charitable organizations chosen to represent those areas.
Found on Club Penguin
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This is Spousal Abuse...and it's Caught on Tape
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30 Ideas to Help You Start Working Through the Web
Entertaining the notion of working through the web? Here are 30 ideas to consider.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The big "C" - What it's All About
Here we are at this day that perhaps was always inevitable...I accept what path we're on. There's no longer any point in rehashing what might have been.
But this isn't our "The End" ~ we will always be a "we" ~ the miracles we made are living, breathing, walking proof of that. Two angelic reminders are where the focus should be.
Looking at our girls, seeing the chocolate brown color of your eyes forever married to the almond shape of mine...nothing else seems to matter anymore. I no longer doubt whether or not we were ever "meant to" be.
They, our dependent little beings, need us to be the "Mommy" and the "Daddy" ~ to not "ugly-up" the story of their creation. Because it's their story and they deserve the most enchanting kind, regardless of whether or not we'll be able to offer the "Fairy Tale" ending.
It's time to put the focus where it should be...on our two precious miracles, our moo and boo...our forever you and me. The most important part of us that will always be meant to be...a we.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Brenda Lambert, Mark Cook, Monday4 the Missing
I understand the family leaving it in the hands of God.
If He calls the stars by name, I know He knows
every name of
every missing person
If He calls the stars by name, I know He knows
every name of
every missing person
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Shattered Pieces of Spousal Abuse
In light of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I am sharing this more personal post of the story of me.
Once Upon A Time...there was a Little Me...So innocent, so fragile...so pure...
Perfectly created, perfectly shiny...perfectly new...
Perfect neat or naughty...perfect messy, perfect happily just being me...
Such a free little girl who danced through her life, giggling without reason, loving without hesitation, trusting without any reason not to...perfectly loved in an unconditional way...perfectly safe, perfectly protected from what someday would come my way.
Free to imagine how great I'd become, to daydream almost always, to be scared of the night and terrified of forever...free to be silly, free to spill my milk, to sometimes be flighty, usually messy and often late...a fragile piece of blown clear glass with nothing to hide, nor to hide from...free to be perfectly imperfect me.
One day older plus many days more...my perfect, some older, fragile glass self was gently taken off my safe shelf.
And my happy go lucky, ignorant youth, happily skipped into a far from perfect, fallen world.
So I got chipped a little, scratched a lot, but polished up quickly without too much harm due...until...there was you.
Did you notice my beauty then, the first time we met? How truly transparent I was? I had nothing to hide then nor anything yet built up on me to hide it with...do you remember how pristine the glass was before the first time you touched me?
And...I can't help but wonder...did a part of you ever pause before you put that first smudge on me? Did you not know then how ugly you'd find the dirty, cracked glass of your creation? Or had you always planned to break your promise to be ever so gentle with easily breakable, delicate me?
And the last time you left me, when right before you left...well, why didn't you just leave? Why did you first have to find me...to hurt me again.
You grabbed me from that dusty shelf that I was hiding on, why did you hate me? You eagerly, almost with pleasure shook me and then you...you smashed me on the floor.
I used to wonder...what made you so mad at me? Whatever was it that made you not even want me enough to keep kicking me around? Of course then I remember, the word that I said, to bring on even greater rage from you...you really don't like it all, do you?...When someone says 'STOP' to you...
So you threw me and I violently crashed...I exploded, I shattered...you decided to put an end to my story that day. The delicate work of clear blown glass, the little me I once was...now just a million different pieces of sharp and jagged glass, each one bleeding their own unique shade...right there, where you left me, upon the dirty floor. Did you ever consider pausing before you quickly walked away? Did you ever think about cleaning up that mess that you had made?
But you don't write my whole life's story and it wasn't your decision to say The End.
So the millions of pieces of shattered glass upon the floor each now displaying the millions of forever stained shades from the colors they bled before...they got up, they moved on, they live now, so damn much better than before.
Did you think that I'd just be swept up, quickly thrown away? Did you think that was the last of the once prized trophy you tried to destroy that day?
And now...if you could see me, how stunned you'd truly be, so taken aback by my intricate beauty, by the better me, now me. It's really quite a miracle, it even surprises myself...to live my cherished presence, to love who I am today...because, well...there's just so much more to me now, in part because you smashed me to the floor that day. Who would have thought, not you, I'm sure...the result of your destruction...would end up blooming into something greater than we could have ever imagined?
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't easy and it took more than just me...to create this breathtaking showpiece that you still most likely just haven't the sight to see. I've finally come into myself, more so of who God always intended me to be...only His Design could turn a million shattered pieces into a whole, complete...perfectly perfect me.
And now...when the light shines through me, the colors that I once bled...they reflect a million different shades of light...an iridescent mix of me, the reflection of how I choose to display the entirety of me.
Sometimes, this gift, this light...it shines outside of me, magically finding and seeking the darkened paths of those most in need. And I am so blessed to have this light, to be able to share it...the joy, the gift to do so...well, to you...I can't explain, but...it gives back so much more, makes such an even brighter me!
So that's me...perfectly imperfect. The clear, transparent glass you once destroyed now lives out loud with so much to give, reflecting God, shining forth His Grace in a myriad of amazing, most colorful ways...
It's just..beautiful...and...It's Me!
by Sara Huizenga Lubbers
Thursday, October 9, 2008
My Journey to Peace with PTSD
I nearly accidentally stumbled upon this radio show segment and cannot begin to express how meaningful the words I heard have become to me. PTSD, is a very real thing to the loved ones of the missing and targets of abuse, not an incredible amount of people really understand what it's like to live a life with PTSD. (PTSD = Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
So anyway, PLEASE check it out...I hope your hearts will be touched with healing from what you hear...mind was... ;)
Excellent Interview with Lady Cerelli, author of My Journey to Peace with PTSD. Insightful look into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as effective treatment methods.
"Peace with PTSD" was founded by Lady Spirit Moon Cerelli, Author, Speaker and Workshop Presenter, to assist those with PTSD, and other stress-related behavior disorders, find a comfortable place to inquire about the information available on PTSD. Diagnosis of PTSD begins with a medical history and physical exam, based on a person's symptoms. We create funds for "Peace with PTSD" by selling educational materials and providing lectures and workshops.
So anyway, PLEASE check it out...I hope your hearts will be touched with healing from what you hear...mind was... ;)
Excellent Interview with Lady Cerelli, author of My Journey to Peace with PTSD. Insightful look into Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as effective treatment methods.
"Peace with PTSD" was founded by Lady Spirit Moon Cerelli, Author, Speaker and Workshop Presenter, to assist those with PTSD, and other stress-related behavior disorders, find a comfortable place to inquire about the information available on PTSD. Diagnosis of PTSD begins with a medical history and physical exam, based on a person's symptoms. We create funds for "Peace with PTSD" by selling educational materials and providing lectures and workshops.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Social Media for Non Profits
Gnomedex Presentation
From: kanter, 1 month ago
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Fatal Fallout, Coping With Crime
WHAT HAPPENED
In 1982, columnist Issac Bailey's brother Herbert "Moochie" Bailey Jr. was charged in the stabbing death of James Bunch, a former Bonneau city councilman. Bailey recently spoke for the first time about the slaying with the victim's family, as well as his own, for a six-part series that explores the lingering effects of murder on the families of the victims and the accused.
This series explores the effect of crime from the perspective of not only the victim's family, but the family of the convicted. It is a raw look at how in a moment's notice, so many lives are changed, some for the better, some for the worse.
In 1982, columnist Issac Bailey's brother Herbert "Moochie" Bailey Jr. was charged in the stabbing death of James Bunch, a former Bonneau city councilman. Bailey recently spoke for the first time about the slaying with the victim's family, as well as his own, for a six-part series that explores the lingering effects of murder on the families of the victims and the accused.
This series explores the effect of crime from the perspective of not only the victim's family, but the family of the convicted. It is a raw look at how in a moment's notice, so many lives are changed, some for the better, some for the worse.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sadly Familiar Photo
Boys who witness domestic violence are more likely to batter their female partners as adults than boys raised in nonviolent homes.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Tom Starkel, Monday4 the Missing
by Mammabear, Lost Faces of the Missing
Tom Starkel was a very special young man in my life who disppeared off the face of the earth back in Dec. 1979, Its been a very long time but I've never given up hope of finding him justice!!! someone out there knows what happen that night..
I found the above message posted on
Missing Pieces Official Message Board
That's almost 30 years Missing! A lot can happen in a 30 year span. People wed, and/or have children. Some make their fortune, while others loose everything. Time just moves on along, as usual. At least time moves forward for some people.
For others, time is nothing more than a standstill limbo. Sure, they go through the motions of being here, 'in the now.' Yet in reality, they are faced with that one haunting question... and in Hollyjean's case, her question for almost 30 years has been "What Happened to Tom Starkel?"
http://mymilkcarton.org
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Tom Starkel was a very special young man in my life who disppeared off the face of the earth back in Dec. 1979, Its been a very long time but I've never given up hope of finding him justice!!! someone out there knows what happen that night..
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Missing Pieces Official Message Board
That's almost 30 years Missing! A lot can happen in a 30 year span. People wed, and/or have children. Some make their fortune, while others loose everything. Time just moves on along, as usual. At least time moves forward for some people.
For others, time is nothing more than a standstill limbo. Sure, they go through the motions of being here, 'in the now.' Yet in reality, they are faced with that one haunting question... and in Hollyjean's case, her question for almost 30 years has been "What Happened to Tom Starkel?"
http://mymilkcarton.org
Monday4 the Missing
Featuring Missing Persons. Each Monday a different missing person will be featured on a number of blogs. If you would like to make a commitment to give a missing person exposure on your blog, please contact us at monday4themissing@gmail.com
Please join us at Peace4 the Missing
Missing Persons Awareness and Support Network
http://peace4missing.ning.com
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Young Single Missing Mother ~ Melanie Metheny
To further put pressure on the "someone" who must know what happened to Melanie Metheny, CUE Center from Wilmington, NC has erected a billboard with Melanie's information on it in hopes of finding a resolution to this case for her family. After erecting a billboard in Whiteville, NC, within 2 weeks there was a break in the case of Carol Dowless, someone came forward, and she was found after 3 years. We hope that the same answers can come for the Metheny family and that 3 children will have answers.
http://www.findmelanie.com/
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/metheny_melanie.html
http://missingpiecesshow.homestead.com/MissingPiecesEpisode47Archive.html
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=12553
http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/CUE Center
http://www.findmelanie.com/
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/metheny_melanie.html
http://missingpiecesshow.homestead.com/MissingPiecesEpisode47Archive.html
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=12553
http://www.ncmissingpersons.org/CUE Center
 clipped from mothersarevanishing.blogspot.comThere is a letter on the family website of Melanie Metheny that her family discovered among her belongings that they didn't even know was there. At the end of the letter Melanie writes the following: Being a single mom is not easy at all but watching my kids grow up and watching them learn new things is the greatest feeling that I ever had. I would not change them for the world and I don't know where I'd be right now if I didn't have them but I know my life wouldn't have as much meaning.
Melanie had a lot to look forward to in her life and in the lives of her children. The family has not given up, and will not give up, looking for her. |
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