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…
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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…
Life Goes On After Murder …. It’s More Real
One of the hard lessons about having your child go ahead of you in death is that most people don’t care about your “pain”! When my son was murdered I had justice on my mind constantly. I felt like a warrior with a mission to slay an enemy. The problem was, no one at the…
Meeting With Detectives, Others in PDX
It was so good to return to Portland recently, the city where Marc lived and was killed. Often we hold memories of a person, event or place in our hearts and they seem ‘locked’ into place. That city has been a place of both great joy and terrible pain, several times I wondered how I’d…
PTSD Reflections on Memorial Day, 2016
Someone told me after Marc’s tragedy I was going thru PTSD. Maybe you or someone you know has come back from Afghanistan or suffered from a violent attack? On Memorial Day I re-read some early entries I wrote after Marc was murdered. I also listened to stories of how Vet’s recovered from their tours in…
Powerful Healing Tears
My life continues to revolve alot around the legacy of my son Marc. I’ve chalked up observations this past year and a half on dealing with life after death of a child who still means so much to me. I’ve really had to be keenly watchful for healing insights on my journey. One of my…
A Mom Mourning & Celebrating Her Son D’Andre
Sometimes on my journey with Marc’s legacy I get blessed by people out of my sphere of regular life. I just discovered a sister with a keen insight into what I’m dealing with re: Marc. Keonna Jackson lost her only son D’Andre Dickerson in a similar fashion as me. We both lost sons to murder…