A co-worker and friend of mine passed away in his sleep Monday morning. He was 30. I found out yesterday via a post on his Facebook wall, that he had a heart attack. His name is Jeff Williams. The last time I saw Jeff was Saturday, November 14th. He was perfectly fine. Laughing, joking, flirting, being an awesome bartender.
I miss him. We were supposed to hang out (outside of work) a bunch of times and never got the chance to. I hate that we never got that chance....
I love you Jeff
October 6, 1979 - November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Shaniya Davis
I was not going to talk about this because it’s so similar to my first post, but that in itself is why I should talk about it. I'm sure everyone has heard what has happened, but I'll recap. Shaniya Davis is the five-year-old girl who was found dead in North Carolina on Monday. She grew up with her father, but her mother recently gained custody of her. Shaniya had only been with her mother for a month before losing her life. The assumption is that Shaniya was sold for prostitution in exchange for drugs, money, etc.
I feel so sorry for her father. Shaniya appeared to be a happy child and I believe that her father had everything to do with that. Now he's stuck with this pain and is blaming himself for allowing his daughter to be with her mother. I'm more than sure he never thought anything like this would happen to his little one. He probably felt that he was doing something noble by giving mother and daughter the chance to bond. How could Antoinette Davis do such a thing? This innocent little girl did nothing to deserve such a heartless end. I have no sympathy for her mother and I hope she gets the death penalty and spends eternity in hell. She, the man who raped Shaniya, and anyone else who has harmed her deserves the worst punishment(s) imaginable!
Why does this keep happening? Why are child abductions the “thing to do” now? Why are people continuing to create so much pain for others? Why, why, why? I seriously want to know what goes through the heads of these individuals as they’re molesting, murdering, kidnapping someone’s child. It blows my mind that some people do not see anything wrong with what they are doing. It’s like it’s as normal as putting on clothes. Sadly it’s become a part of the cruel world we live in. A child goes missing everyday and that’s normal?! Wth?! Something’s got to give!
I feel so sorry for her father. Shaniya appeared to be a happy child and I believe that her father had everything to do with that. Now he's stuck with this pain and is blaming himself for allowing his daughter to be with her mother. I'm more than sure he never thought anything like this would happen to his little one. He probably felt that he was doing something noble by giving mother and daughter the chance to bond. How could Antoinette Davis do such a thing? This innocent little girl did nothing to deserve such a heartless end. I have no sympathy for her mother and I hope she gets the death penalty and spends eternity in hell. She, the man who raped Shaniya, and anyone else who has harmed her deserves the worst punishment(s) imaginable!
Why does this keep happening? Why are child abductions the “thing to do” now? Why are people continuing to create so much pain for others? Why, why, why? I seriously want to know what goes through the heads of these individuals as they’re molesting, murdering, kidnapping someone’s child. It blows my mind that some people do not see anything wrong with what they are doing. It’s like it’s as normal as putting on clothes. Sadly it’s become a part of the cruel world we live in. A child goes missing everyday and that’s normal?! Wth?! Something’s got to give!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Why doesn't she matter?
I started my day off the same as any other day watching the news. The anchors briefly mentioned a girl who has gone missing in D.C. I believe her name is Sada Massey. She is a 15-year-old African-American. What really bothered me about this was the fact that she was only mentioned for about 15 seconds. It was a here today, gone tomorrow type of thing. If this had been a missing persons report concerning a Caucasian girl, I’m more than sure there would have been more media attention. Amber alerts, man hunts, tweets, facebook postings, etc.
The color of one’s skin should not determine their importance. The truly sad part about this is that that will probably be all the media attention Sada Massey will receive. People will forget about her, and months later we will hear that she was found in some field. God forbid that does happen, but it’s the same vicious cycle time and time again. Everyone puts forth massive amounts of energy to find Caucasian girls. No one cares about the lost little Black girls. When will this end?
The color of one’s skin should not determine their importance. The truly sad part about this is that that will probably be all the media attention Sada Massey will receive. People will forget about her, and months later we will hear that she was found in some field. God forbid that does happen, but it’s the same vicious cycle time and time again. Everyone puts forth massive amounts of energy to find Caucasian girls. No one cares about the lost little Black girls. When will this end?
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