When news broke that her parents had spent a portion of this morning at the site of the find, I had a gut feeling that today was going to be the day we learned the remains found were of Hannah, and even though we all knew that she was gone, getting confirmation just brings all the pain and anger to me again. I never met Hannah, and would probably have never heard of her had some monster not taken her from us, but he did, and because of that, I, and most of you probably, feel like I lost a dear friend. I cannot begin to imagine the pain her family must be feeling, but my heart goes out to them. I pray that they may find some small measure of comfort in knowing that thousands who they have never met share in their grief and are lifting them up in prayer. I felt moved to write this after a similar young lady was found after a monster took her life. I had followed her case from the beginning, and the news hit me particularly hard...as does this news today. I feel equally moved to share it with all of you who have poured your hearts into finding this dear young woman.
You were so young, with so much life ahead.
You may be gone, but you are not dead.
You will live on in all those you knew
and in thousands of friends you never knew too.
It's hard to imagine things that can be this bad,
But you wouldn't want us to be so sad.
So give us some time for grief and sorrow,
And sooner or later we will face tomorrow.
RIP precious Hannah.