Strange Obituary
This is a longer note than I can post on Facebook, but it is over the years I have noticed something that I have never quite been able to reconcile with. When people die and get married, often a very different picture is painted of reality. And it troubles me. I have known parents who were abusive throughout their lives to their children when they were both children and adults, who have been painted as loving husbands/wives and fathers/mothers who cared deeply for their families when they die. Yet, the family members told me these people were unkind and selfish, which is to put it mildly. Their children were deeply wounded by what they had endured from their parents throughout their lives. I noticed this morning on the news that there was outrage that the young man who murdered several people in Dayton, Ohio, was painted as a kind and loving young man--yet no mention was made of how he died. In a way, I understand their consternation and frust...