They arrested this man today for 1st degree homicide

Thanks Susan.....I am okay now....I went to Mass this evening and it was beautiful and wonderful as it was Holy Thursday and I was also honored to paticipate in the procession and my husband had his feet washed by the Priest.....there were so many meaningful readings and it was beautiful with six Priests and the Bishop.....and so many lovely people......I stayed afterwards with the Holy Euchrist and prayed for Ann and all my loved ones and yes of course all of you on the OFF Forum...and truly I felt touched by the ceremony and the prayers......I loved the reading about the Passover and the washing of the feet.....Thank you so much for your sweet thoughts....Love, Marti

 

 

 

Aloha sweet beautiful Marti......The two pictures you posted say so much! What a dear, lovely person your friend looks like, and what a lowlife this man appears to be. I, too, cannot get my mind around anyone doing something this horrible to anyone, let alone a kind, helpful woman trying to do her best to help someone. Part of me feels angry, and another part of me feels thankful that it wasn't YOU who that man called that day!!

I'm glad you feel comforted by going to your church, and I hope that you feel the love coming to you from your sisters in here.

Hugging you tightly in my mind......

With so much aloha,

Maui Karen

You are sooo dear Karen......those of course are also all my feelings and I sure do feel the love from all of you.....that is why I come here.....and I love  you.

It is always so amazing to me how close we can be, but then we do know what is happening in our day to day lives, sometimes more than our other friends and family.

Love, Marti

marti...i am following this and not saying much...and i believe you that you feel better after last nite's church...however-i have to wonder if the local realtor's assoc should maybe call in grief counsellors for this..i know about your history in the med field and i know that you are a sound safe thinking strong woman..however--this has effected you greatly--i can tell by your posts..reading between the lines.....i think you all need some sort of counselling..jmho...maybe not today ..in the near future....a processing session or something..... love you

Margo My Love....the Realtors Association has issued a warning and encouraged us all to re-watch the Association's video on Safety.......perhaps Ann's Board in her area will suggest that, but I doubt it....it is a smaller Board and they are close.....it is her family I feel so sorry for..

Love, Marti

Marti, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend.  What a cruel senseless crime.  At lest they got the S.O.B. and I don't mean sweet old boy.  May the Good Lord see that justice is done. Debbie PS  How about an update on Kathleen?  She's been on my mind. (((HUGS)))

Thanks Debbie honey....she is doing well, she is trying to get more sleep...ther was something on "60 Minutes" last week that I pointed out to her about sleeping and she is maybe seeing the need to get more....although she worked 12 hours yesterday and then went grocery shopping....she just pushes herself all the time......

I have always had a thing that I call "Broken Windows"  It is when a vacant house just sits there no one does anything to it, but the first time someone lets papers blow in the yard and not pick it up, it begins to look uncared for and then if someone throws a rock and breaks a window.....someone will invarably throw another one......

I have found if there is nothing on my kitchen counter it stays clean [same with my sink] and if someone leaves something on the counter ....the next person will feel inclined to leave it  also...and so on.....Before bed at night, we "fix broken windows"  and Kathleen is very into doing that.....she can't go to bed ...NO MATTER HOW LATE....without "setting her coffee", re-filling the diaper bag, sweeping the kitchen floor, clearing the counter and making sure all the toys are picked up.........She says it would make her crazy to dtart her day any other way......but I kno she pays for it in sleep.....and I wish I could get her to sleep more, but I think I created the monster...so she just brushes me off .

Her vision and everything is still about the same. Thanks so much for asking. Love, Marti