Watching this case and the conversations around it unfold has been an amazing experience. I am re-astounded at how uncertainty can motivate people (including myself) to invent (and cast) malefactors, however unlikely, to populate way-out-there theories when we don't like the probable reality. The need for an enemy is weird, but understandable in those directly touched by loss. The loss is incomprehensible, but I'm glad its cause no longer is. I hope that certainty will do something to dull the pain of loss.
Stryker,
From the beginning. My husband, who is a patient at SCCA, he thought Cheryl looked familiar after watching the news, and 3 months of every day having to be at SCCA for a Stem Cell Tranplant. Fred Hutch is next door. I constantly looked for updates on what happened to Cheryl, and why it happened. Your Mom's work at Fred Hutch
research in stem cells , gives patient a fighting change at survival. She was a wonderful person. She will always have a special place in our hearts. Stryker your Mom
did so much good. She will be missed.
I'm sure all the animals in Heaven are enjoying your presence, Cheryl. You're missed here on Earth.
I've often thought about you. I wonder if you had recently received some bad health news and didn't want the family going through that. Of course depression is such a beast....anything and yet nothing can set it on it's course of destruction. Having battled it most of my life, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I know it's not my right to accept or not....yet I still have questions about the events leading to your death. I still feel uneasy with the suicide ruling, yet, I have nothing to state why.
My love and prayers to her family and friends.
Such a wonderful slideshow of your mom, Stryker. What a lovely lady she was. I will never believe she committed suicide. I am so sorry for you and your father's loss. May time ease the pain for you both.