Years go by, Memories stay, As near and dear as yesterday. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend Read an excerpt now TV Shows and Clips about the Death of Cindy James

It has been exactly a year since my father’s death…but it hardly feels that long ago…and yet, it feels like such a long time! A contradiction, I know! Life is different now. With Dad’s passing is the realization that we cannot bring the old days back when we were all together (such wonderful remembrances of […]

Heaven’s gate swung gently open, The Master called softly, “Come,” And you, dear one, took the Master’s hand, And your work on earth was done. We’ll never cease to miss you, And shed many silent tears, Because we cannot share with you Our hopes, our joys, our fears. But one day, in God’s garden, When […]

Down a road that’s calm and peaceful, Guided by God’s loving hand, He has gone upon a journey To a distant, brighter land. And although our hearts are heavy With sorrow we still bear, It helps to bring us comfort, Knowing he is happy there. Melanie Hack Author of Who Killed My Sister, My Friend […]

With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week. Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey”, died peacefully at age 93.   The most traumatic part for his family was getting him […]

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. […]

“I wrote this poem 6 days after my sister passed away suddenly. She had survived 2 heart transplants and was in GREAT health when she was taken from us. This poem explains everything I was going through at the time and am still going through now, 3 months later. My sister was an incredible wife, […]

Today, being the anniversary of when my sister’s body was found, is a rather disquieting day for me…being that it is a reminder of all the horror and sadness my family had to endure as a result of Cindy’s sudden and mysterious death. I was simply bumbling my way through the day, trying to make […]

“Have somebody rip your heart out and hold it in front of your face and just have them squeeze the life out of it. That’s the only way I can express that kind of a pain. Like…it’s torturous,” thirty-eight-year-old Tammy Marquardt said today when asked about how it felt to be wrongly convicted of murdering […]

Sister Do I dare to compare your love To the lighthouse engulfed in fog Shining its beacon of light That guides through stormy seas Sister Do I dare to compare your love To the soft whispers carried on a breeze As it rustles through copper colored leaves Words of encouragement Sister Do I dare to […]