Two years ago friends of ours who were nearby neighbors sold their home to a young Hmong family.
A couple in their late 30's with 7 children ranging in age from 3 to 20.
Things were going great for this immigrant family until the father lost his job and their income took a steep dive.
They were surviving on his wifes low income and what the older children could add to it.
There was frustration and fights that came to a peak two weeks ago when the 41 year old husband
beat his wife to death with a claw hammer.
I don't know any of the circumstances, accept what has been reported,
and what a friend who lives next door to them told me.
Their 22 year old son found the body of his mother age 39 and called the police,
his 5 year old brother was home at the time
and told the authorities that "his father hurt her."
The father was gone but had left a note written in Hmong for his relatives saying .
his life "was not good", without love and that he "was going to be done today"
For several days the nearby park and nature area was searched and then the police asked for help
from the Hmong community if they should hear from him.
The majority of us suspected he was somewhere in that lake nearby,
the police had searched there but hadn't found anything.
We were partially right, last Thursday night while two teen age boys
took a short cut through the nature area and they found his body hanging from a tree.
It is so sad for these kids who have lost both their parents, they are temporarily living with an Uncle.
I hope that some way they can overcome this tragedy.
This is only one story, there are so many families out there right now dealing with the loss of homes and income.
I just hope we can find a way to help them before it is too late.
4 comments:
Oh my gaaa what a tragedy.
This is exactly why our economic situation scares the living crap out of me, desperate people do desperate things.
All the praying and all of the doing that we can do, will it be enough?
I hope so.
Hugs you GG,
Lori
This is a VERY sad sad story here. I feel sorry for those poor kids too. ~ jb///
As the oil company execs, the bankers, etc. all laugh their way to the bank, these are the tragedies that play out all over our country. They would like to pretend they have nothing to do with them. I wish their nightmares consisted of having to count the lives they've destroyed instead of sheep...
Mom is going back exactly as you said, no cause found and iron added...the doctor from the nursing home said she was the 2nd patient from there to go through this.
Perhaps they need to examine their diet?
alan
Oh God, that is awful beyond words. I feel so bad for those kids. It's amazing how people can get desperate and just snap.
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