" STINK. STANK. STUNK. " ~from How The Grinch Stole Christmas~

SOMEONE IS MISSING AT CHRISTMAS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu701pewN-o 

As my children and friends played games in the living room last night, I took a call and shut myself in a bedroom. I was receiving the news that one of our MISSING was found deceased. What a contrast. Where is the balance? There is none to be had...because this is so wrong.  So NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!
Plain and simple?  
IT SUCKS!
There is no way to dress this up with designer wrap, shiny bows & beautiful lights. People are gone. 
GONE. 
Daughters.Wives. Husbands. Brothers. Sisters. Aunts. Grandpas. Uncles. Nephews. Uncles. Daddys. Sons. Mothers. Friends. Cousins. 
Lost. Missing. Murdered. Vanished.
Their families left to cope with the empty chair, the empty stocking, the present they did not have to buy. The inexplicable void that sits right down at Christmas dinner and demands to be fed!!!  Crime and injustice put up no boundaries...they creep along the dark alleys and the streets in broad daylight. There is no prejudice. 
My Wish For ALL...
That we become our own ADVOCATES. That HOPE remain alive. That COMFORT be found. That we become the CHANGE we seek.

Wishing solace and strength for each of us this day.
Caty

Thinking of our friends...never forgotten, always loved.
please feel free to add the name of a loved one you are missing this year:

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