One of the great blessings of life is being able to find joy in nature. During the summer we often travel to National Parks or resorts based on some theme, looking for that refreshing antidote to our busy lives. Marc and I went to the Getty Museum a couple times, it’s one of those day…
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Identity Of The Lesser Defendant
From Fear of the Suspect to Real Caring – The first time I saw him on the TV I remember he seemed kinda dazed. He was wearing a jail outfit and had just been arrested the night before for murdering my son Marc. I could barely stomach watching the screen and walked back down the…
Patrick Kennedy Book & Fatherless Boys
Having raised two sons and then going thru the experience of dealing with two defendants last year …. a parent wonders about the correlations between youth, family dysfunction, addiction, violence, etc. When one of the defendants in my sons case confided to me that talking about family was too unbearable, I put 2 and 2…
Lyrics: Song for a Hurting America
“Our Home Town“ Diane De Han That week so many of us cried As our dream seemed so broke We looked around at us alive And we thought when no one spoke These were our neighbors Like one we built this town Felt like I lost a brother Don’t wanna see…
Changing the Course of Your Life
Some of my family and friends are surprised by my blog, but I didn’t become a blogger/writer overnight! I know I’m always surprised when someone seems to change direction in life and reveal a new talent, profession. But … people don’t really make a huge change out of the ‘blue’! We all have various talents…
The Murder Case is Solved
I don’t know about other parents but I wanted to get to the bottom of my sons murder case from the very beginning. I just had to find out the ‘truth’. Nothing on earth would have kept me from asking questions of the Victim Advocate assigned to us, or calling and writing to the D.A. I…
Ode to George Washington on July 4th, ’16
Ode To George Washington Diane De Han Gen. Washington, I beg your pardon I know you’d rather be tending your garden on Mount Vernon. But I thought you ought to know That most today would never go With you to Trenton. …
Song Lyric: Let His Love Remain In You
Last weekend I wrote another letter to the main defendant. As I wrote I was having flashbacks of the tragedy again, but instead of crying only or walking away, I surprisingly felt the desire to stop awhile and write some lyrics again. Note: To parents who are suffering from the loss of their child …….
Making It Clear About Murder And Mercy
I need to clarify maybe …. Immediately after I heard about Marc’s murder I was in Portland and it felt like I’d been kicked hard. I wondered, ‘this is a macabre joke or something! God, I trust you, but what’s this all about, this is totally wrong for Marc to go like he did!?’ Marc…
Orlando … A Turning Point or Same Ol’
Very sorry to hear of the shooting in Orlando! I’m thinking of and praying for all the survivors and the family members facing the future without their loved ones! No matter what we see in the news, God is there …. He will meet people where they need it in their healing …. if they only ask…