http://jacksonville.com/community/c...ge-park-girl-writes-tribute-year-after-somers
This is a tribute that a 16 year old Orange Park girl wrote for Somer.
Somer Thompson was 7 years old. Her favorite color was purple. She had a twin brother named Sam. She had brown hair. She had a mother named Diena.
But a year ago, her life was taken. She was on her way home from school on Oct. 19, 2009, when she got in an argument with a group of friends and ran off.
That was the last time anyone ever saw Somer. Anyone except the person responsible for her slaying.
Two days after she went missing, Somer was found dead in a Georgia landfill.
The little girl whose favorite color was - and always will be - purple didn't even stand a chance to make her own mistakes and choices. Why?
Because the power of Satan and evil took over someone's mind one day and he took this little girl. For what? To give the satisfaction of taking the life of this innocent, hopeless child? Why not just say no? Overcome the evil urge? Make yourself stronger. But no, of course not, someone went along with Satan.
Is this how Somer's last day began? "Bye sweetie! Have a good day!" said a little girl's mother. "Momma loves you! Stay right with your brothers and sisters!"
"I know mom," the little girl said.
I don't understand how such a human, just like me, created the same exact way, could have a mind the exact opposite. Because, seriously, let's be blunt. The thought of stepping on a worm breaks my heart. When a little bird's wings have been hurt, I rush to an animal hospital for it to be taken care of. Not just walk by and leave it to die.
I would've let the little girl run home. There were houses right on down the road. But look at the mind we're dealing with. Someone who, instead of walking by the worm, squashes it completely.
Is this how her killer approached Somer? "Hey! You know it's not safe to be running around out here by yourself," the man in the car said to the little girl walking on the sidewalk. "Come on, momma's waiting for you."
"Are you momma's friend?" the little girl asked the man, as she hopped into his backseat.
Oh, the wickedness. Why couldn't you have just kept driving? Minded your own business? Why push the brake instead of the gas? Why talk to the little girl instead of singing along to the radio? Why not turn up the radio instead of flipping the lock to unlock the car?
Two days after she went missing, Somer was found dead in a Georgia landfill.
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste. Somer Thompson was not a piece of waste. She was not meant to be placed in a rubbish dump. The purpose of a landfill is to bury trash in such a way that it will be isolated from groundwater. We need to be that landfill for our children, to keep them isolated from the bad people of this world.
raying: for you family to stay strong and know your little smiling angel face is watching over them. 
