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Remembrance

Started by Karoli · 7 months ago

In memory of CG Hayes
8/28/1896-6/1/1971
May 31st and June 1st are days we don’t forget in my family. Even after 35 years, there’s still the memory of what one man inflicted on our family with his random, senseless, impulsive act of violence.
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  • Lee

    3 years ago

    I'm sorry for your loss DnW, my partner lost her grandfather to a senseless, random, brutal act many years ago as well and it is still very close to the surface for the entire family....
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  • SwampHag

    3 years ago

    Thinking of you and yours today.

    I hope you get your wish.
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  • kmilyun

    3 years ago

    I wish that nobody would have to have these days of memories marked by violence. I in theory agree with your belief - thank God it has not been tested in my immediate family.
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  • Sara Dein

    1 month ago

    We would have been in 7th grade? Why don't I remember this?

    They tacked gun rights onto the credit card bill, un-freekin-believable.
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  • Karoli

    1 month ago

    Yeah, 7th grade. It was a deep, dark ugly secret. Not to be talked about, especially with us light and airy 7th graders. The Holmwoods took me in for a couple of days while my parents dealt with the ugly stuff, arranged the funeral.

    It was life-changing in many ways. Colored how I saw things for a very long time, and to some extent does even now, though not as much. My children will tell you, for example, that if they want me to flip out, all they have to do is fail to show up at home when they say they will. Missing people are a near-phobia for me. I think they finally understand that this is my baggage, but they have to live with it. They roll their eyes, but secretly I think they really do get it.

    The gun rights thing? I could rant, but it would be NSFW. :)
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