Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about ageing that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! […]

Before the inquest into Cindy’s death…and eight and a half months after her disappearance…my siblings and I took a trip to Africa…to Nairobi…to Mombasa (including snorkeling in the Indian Ocean)…to Lake Nakuru…even to Governor’s Camp near the Mara River. We had an amazing adventure! (How could you not!) Africa was a place I’d always dreamed […]

My husband, the Canadian radio personality Wayne Kelly, interviewed a friend who was at Tuesday’s memorial service for Michael Jackson. Here is what she had to say about the experience: [display_podcast] Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

I’m so glad yesterday’s memorial service for Michael Jackson included a rendition of Heal The World, the song he created while in his Giving Tree at the Neverland Ranch…a song he and David Foster produced and released in 1991! Oh, if only we could all strive to make this world a better place for everyone! […]

Last night it hit me again–For a moment I couldn’t believe MJ is dead. It’s been fascinating seeing clips of his interviews, photos, and hearing stories from his friends (like about the Halloween night MJ danced while in full costume and people, not knowing who he was, asked, “Who is that great dancer?”). This morning […]

I thought it was a joke: “Did you hear,” my eleven-year-old son announced when he bounded in the house at suppertime, “that Michael Jackson is dead? He had a heart attack.” “No way!” I replied. Sure enough it was true…the T.V. news confirmed he was dead…but of cardiac arrest (not the same as a heart […]

Brother David Steindl-Rast is a Benedictine monk, author and spiritual leader who implores us to open our eyes and really look at our day and all the blessings in it. Watch his fantastic video called “A Good Day”. It’s 5 minutes and 32 seconds long:   Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My […]

The other night I was watching CSI Miami, supposedly the world’s most popular TV show, with my family…and one of the characters, a plastic surgeon, died after being pushed into a wood chipper (pretty gross). Although watching a crime drama like that about forensic investigators collecting and analyzing evidence and solving traumatic and unusual deaths […]

Yesterday I wrote about the act of giving. Today I’m sharing a powerful video of the then ten-year-old, Declan John Gailbraith, singing “Tell Me Why” –asking the world why we can’t all be friends and help out one another. What an incredible voice! Thanks for passing this on to me Roger. The video is 4min […]

Mariana Bridi da Costa Late last December when twenty-year-old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa was feeling ill, she sought medical advice. Doctors said she had kidney stones. But when her condition worsened she was told she was suffering from a urinary tract infection. However, by the time the infection was detected it had developed […]