Removed items from Sara Beth's grave & mom on TV

Hi ya everybody.
Excuse me for writing in a shade of red, but I am as mad as hell ,still am right now. Just read yesterday in the local newspaper. The people who own Forest Park Cemetery decided to do some "cleaning" over some 50,000 graves. Anything that didn't meet their requirements were to be removed. They removed flowers,vases,ceramic figures,religious items like statues of saints, the Virgin Mary,crucifixes and other precious items from grave sites. All the items are now sitting by a dump that's near the cemetery. The cemetery owns the dumpster. That's were people are going to try to find their loved ones items that they had placed on their graves. They didn't bother to put a ad saying your stuff at your loved ones grave might not meet the requirements. People would have gladly come and got the items. The owner Lomison issued an apology letter in the editorial page of the newspaper for the "spring" cleaning. Like a lot of people are saying they want more then just a I'm sorry for what happened. He also said "There was a disconnect between management and ground staff." "Some items were removed that should have remained." I like to know WHAT they think should and shouldn't have been removed.

My little sister Sara Beth Murray(her middle name was Elizabeth,but her nickname was Sara Beth) who died when she was just 7 months old on Jan 6, 1994. She died right in my mom's arms when mom was rushing her back up to the hospital. Sara Beth is buried in Forest Park Cemetery. It's a very beautiful cemetery I don't know what the owner was thinking about it needing to be cleaned. The grounds keepers are always trying there best at keeping it nice,although they need to address the issue of water. Sometimes you go there and the water doesn't work.

Me and mom went out there as soon as we read the paper and it just looked liked everything had been striped bare from the graves. The hardest part was going to Sara Beth's grave. We just broke down in tears in front of her grave. I'm even having a hard time as I'm writing this I'm staring to cry some more. So please forgive me if some words aren't typed right. They had took ALL the items we had left for her! The flowers, tiny toys we had just a few,a large pinwheel you could always see it blowing in the wind from the road. We've had that pinwheel out there for 10 years nobody has ever said we couldn't have it there. The hardest one for mom was she had dug a small hole very close to the grave(so the statue wouldn't get blown over in high winds)for this cute little stone statue that had a girl and boy holding hands like they were dancing on a cloud. Mom bought it at a yard sale because it looked like the children were dancing in heaven. There were fake flower pieces from Sara Beths flowers around her gave. Mom told me to just bring them with us. But I couldn't stand sight of seeing her grave empty and bare. I couldn't just leave it that way and I put the 3 flowers I found in the vase that was a part of the headstone. Then as we past another grave there were fake flower pieces by the grave I picked them up and put them on a place on the grave were they wouldn't get blown away.

Just as we were about to leave a car from a local news station (it was from KTBS 3 news) came driving up. A woman was covering the story for the station. At first mom wasn't going to stay. But haven't you ever felt like you should be where you're at that very moment for some strange reason. It was like God put us there for this reason. Because nobody else was in the cemetery,but me and mom. The woman's name was Crissi she asked mom if she'd do a interview for TV. At first I didn't know if mom would being a little camera shy,but she did. I made sure I stayed out of the way because I'm VERY camera shy and I know I couldn't have done this. Not just because I'm shy,but I'd be way too emotional about this subject. I'd start talking and then the tears would be flowing. Tears were just pouring from my eyes while I listened to mom talking in the interview. I could tell that Crissi had empathy for my mom. I don't think Crissi has lost a loved one,but she could understand my mom's feelings. The interview came on TV last night at 6:00 pm. I'm very proud of my mom doing this interview.

Mail that I received yesterday.

I received a beautiful postcard from Daisy. Thank you Daisy! It was of the Tateyama mountain in Japan. Daisy You're right Daisy just 5 days in Japan is way too short of a trip!! I envy you D you were in Japan and now back in Hong Kong both places are hot spots for anime stuff. *sigh* I can hardly wait for you to post the pics on your blog. I look forward to seeing them. ^.^ And of course I'm awaiting the arrival of the InuYasha book!!!

Now let me see I got more letters yesterday, just more names to add to my ever growing reply to list. lol I got a letter and some beautiful postcards from Matthew R in the UK. I really loved the postcard that has the castles of Kent on it. Some people probably don't know this about me, but I love castles! I'd like to live in a castle or have a completely round room like some of the towers you seen on a castle. I'd also like the inside of my house to be more like a hobbit house. *~ Anybody who has seen Lord of the Rings knows what I'm talking about~* And I loved the postcard of the Canterbury Cathedral. I a wait the keychain Matthew you said you'd send me soon. ^.^

A letter from Amanda P and a letter from Mandy D. I have 3 penpals now that have the name Mandy. lol I'm sitting at the kitchen table with the laptop eating popsicles trying my darnedest NOT to get popsicle all over the keyboard. lol Ever just had a craving for something? Well.... That is what this is it's 9:30 AM on a Wednesday morning and I'm wanting to eat popsicles for breakfast. lol

If anybody has read a good book lately or has a fav book could recommend it to me? I'm looking for something interesting to read. It can be any type of book doesn't have to be fiction it could be something about history, even a autobiography.

Just me rambling on about life

Hi ya everybody!

First let me say to my penpal Daisy. I'm glad that all the stuff I mailed to you got to you alright. I'm glad that you like the CD's and the B-Day card. Have you listened much to the SG CD yet? I have a complete listing of lyrics to all the songs on that CD here on my website. http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/dazkatsgarden/lyrics.html I'm planning on updating that old website one of these days. lol I can't wait for my InuYasha book to come! Thank you a million and two times over for getting it for me!!!

I just came in from the backporch. I was playing with Angel a adorable 8 week old kitten who is mostly white except for the gray ears,tail and has beautiful blue eyes. I hope they stay blue. I can't remember when a kittens eye changes to the color they're supposed to be but it has been two months so maybe they'll stay. *~Keeps Fingers Crossed~*

We still are not completely sure if it is a girl or boy. Our family has a history of making serious mistakes on this issue. So now when we chose names we try to pick names that could be for a boy or girl just in case. I'm leaning more towards that Angel is a male so that's how I'll address him. If I find this to be wrong I'll edit this and all future posts and send my most sincerest apologies to Angel.

Angel is the last kitten from Fifi's first litter two months ago. And he is so kawaii!! ~*Japanese word for cute *~ We had another kitten black and fluffy we had named her Daisy Day,but a few days ago she died. I cried a little bit for her I always hate to lose a kitten. All of Fifi's kittens had this stuff that would matt their eyes shut. It is always hard as heck to get this stuff off their eyes. I think it might be some sort of eye infection. Angel's eyes are getting better . *~Thank The Stars & My Mom~*
My mom doesn't have to clean Angel's eyes as often. I don't know if this is what made Daisy Day die or what. We had checked all the kittens that morning Daisy Day was alright,but we went back on the porch that afternoon and she was just going down. Mom goes out to the backporch every morning and cleans all the kittens eyes. Then goes back there in the evening and usually has to clean their eyes again. Mom loves cats just as much as me. She cried too when Daisy Day passed away. We still have 5 kittens from Vicky Lynn's first litter. She had them on May 22. Just last week they all opened their eyes and started to crawl all over the porch. Vicky Lynn has her paws full her kittens won't all stay in one spot for one then a minute. lol

And finally to any of my penpals who I owe a letter that I've told about this blog and might be reading this. I promise I will get a letter to you!! Don't drop me. Most of my time has been spent helping my mom with stuff since she can't do a lot of the stuff she normally did before this last stroke. I'm helping with cleaning up the house,watching my younger brother Zachary,running errands with mom to the bank,stores etc. Because sometimes she does feel safe going out by herself. The good news right now is that I feel a little better as far as my headaches go. I've felt more like writing lately and I have been getting a lot more letters written up. So far I have these penpals that I need to reply to and this is in no particular order:

• Daisy C
• Laura M
• Cara N (currently working on a letter for Cara)
• Kristen A
• Jolene P
• Amanda P
• Amber C
• Nicole T (Germany)
• Stephanie S
• Bobbi Jo R
• Channing A
• Kathy B
• Jodi D
• LeslieKay D
• Sarahann C
• Carl L

As you can see I got a pretty good list going on up there. lol As I like to say I'd rather have a desk top full then a desk top empty of letters.

This is what I see when I turn my laptop on . My fav anime InuYasha!!