2011.06.16 Vigil Info *bump*

[travelgal]

Just remembered another important place my donation for Caylee will be sent - This was posted by our Musikman here at WS on another thread about John Morgan's good works -

JM and his wife are great people. Read this story if you have any doubt that he likes to help disadvantaged people:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7217118.story

As many as 10,000 uninsured and underinsured children in Central Florida now have a clinic where they can get free medical care, thanks to an unlikely partnership between a pastor and a personal-injury attorney.

"The People's Clinic" officially opened Monday at the Destiny Foundation of Central Florida, a nonprofit Orlando ministry for the working poor and their families. Though volunteers had built the facility more than a year ago, its vibrant, whimsically decorated rooms sat empty save for one day a month.

There was no money to pay for a full-time doctor, nurses or clinical staff. In a state with the third-highest rate of uninsured children in the nation, it seemed a waste. <SNIP> much more at the link -

THANKS, Musikman!!

 

[joyceandjay]

On June 16th, 2008 I picked up my daughter from work. With my two granddaughters in tow we went to lunch to celebrate. It was my daughter's birthday. It was a beautiful day; we took pictures of the girls as they laughed and played.
Now, almost a year later, I remember that day in another way. While we were having fun and celebrating, little Caylee lost her life. This memory is indelibly etched in my mind. I will never again celebrate the birth of my daughter without remembering the loss of a beautiful child. Her special day will become Caylee's as well.
Every year, on that day, I plan to make a donation in Caylee's name to an organization involved with child abuse. Any suggestions on a worthy cause would be appreciated. I'm so jaded after the kidfinders network thing and I want to put my money where it will be most effective. There are so many Caylees out there. I think this is the best way I can commemorate her life.

Your post has brought me to tears. I have not cried for Caylee in a long time. Bless your heart

 

[Chat Noir]

It's hard to believe it's been almost a year. It brings you back from all of the nonsense going on in this case and makes you remember the most important thing - justice for sweet Caylee. Every now and then it dawns on me that as silly and smug KC looks and how desperately the A's and attorneys are trying to make us all believe KC didn't do it, Caylee is no longer here and no one has the right to take someone's life and just pretend it didn't happen like their life was worth nothing. Caylee deserved better and I will think of something good to do on 6/16 in her honor.

 

[justthinkin]

I plan on doing two things, one donating to a worthy cause for children on that day, and tomorrow, I'm going to buy some sunflower seeds & plant them in my garden, in hopes they will be blooming by mid June, and shed a little sunshine of their own to remind me of the sunshine that was Caylee.

 

[eddeva]

i read this thread yesterday afternoon but couldn't think of anything of my own to add, then something unexpected happened.
earlier this year my youngest son asked if he could have some of the garden to make his own b/c he wanted to plant sunflowers this year. we sowed the seeds together and i helped planting out the seedlings and we water them together every day. last night before bed he asked me when they'd bloom, i heard myself saying 'by the middle of june you'll have a little field of sunshine sweetheart', and in my mind there was a picture of caylee singing 'you are my sunshine'.
it wasn't planned but it happened anyway, and it feels right.

 

[Tracey276]

I like this idea. I bought a little ballet slippers ornament at Christmas and put in on my tree in memory of Caylee, but found myself looking at it so much that when it came time to put it away, I decided to keep it out. So it's in my room, I look at it each night before going to bed and say a prayer for Caylee.
I'm not sure what I will do on June 16th, but I will be doing something.

Sarah,

That is such a beautiful thing. Thanks for sharing that with us.

 

[BondJamesBond]

"31 days"...

 

[snow_walker]

I have thought and thought about what I could/would do on that particular day, to honour little Caylee's memory. I decided that I would buy a packet of Forget-Me-Nots, and scatter the seed all over the lawn.. little tiny violets, with little 'faces' ..their blooms are pink and blue and purple.. Caylees favourite colours.. They bloom each year in June (in this area) and they seed themselves down, so that each year they will come back in June to remind me of little Caylee.. a little living memorial. It isn't a big thing, but it strikes me as the right thing for me to do.

 

[ladybugplus]

How thoughtful, I may get a balloon (Helium) and tape a message to the string and let it go toward heaven just to her. Thanks for reminding us:blowkiss:

 

[Sdavidson11]

I will be the first to admit that I am not a very good sleuther. In the sticky threads some very smart people did a whole lot of sleuthing and I find that incredible. Since that newspaper guy was starting the Casey timeline I really haven't heard much more. My thought is since we haven't had the doc dump can we go back and see what Casey was doing each day and talk about it until the presumed date of Caylee's death. I unfortuately am not a chart person or ping person in this case. But just maybe if we all talked about our thoughts and finds on each day we may be able to decifer what happened to sweet baby Caylee and try to understand what led her mother to this horrible crime. If this isn't a good idea please delete. Thanks!

 

[eddeva]

i think that's a brilliant idea sdavidson!

 

[Sdavidson11]

OK going back my first find in the NYItaliano transcript which dates May 3-6 of 2008. NYitaliano says she has blown him off 3 times now for a "date" and KC says her and her mom had a deal. So to paraphrase she is telling him she is waiting on her parents to come home to baby sit. But not to worry, she asks him out for a date on the following weekend for a concert at a club called Social in downtown Orlando. KC says she has been there a few times and it is John Frank (similar last name to one of her imaginary bosses) CD release party and that she will pay the $8 cover and try to arrange for a sleep over. KC states her nanny is her back up that night. Tonight KC states that "to bad she (zanny) had a freaking date tonight" Her tone and wording during these IM's are not typical in her normal IM's. It seems reading this she sounds harsher and I guess for a lack of a better term more of a New Yorker attitude and accent. Showing the chameleon in her even if it is not flattering. Going back to try to catch up to today's date!

 

[NocturnalLady]

I can't believe it has almost been a year...

 

[LinasK]

Not inappropriate, especially in the case of a murder. Jews light a memorial candle on the anniversary date of a loved one's death- called a Yahrtzeit.

 

[eddeva]

Not inappropriate, especially in the case of a murder. Jews light a memorial candle on the anniversary date of a loved one's death- called a Yahrtzeit.

how strange .... there was a lot of talk in my family, growing up, about a long lost jewish heritage (egyptian too, but that i'm aware of) but by the time i was old enough to become interested in where i came from etc my parents were dead, but this lighting of a candle on the anniversary of a beloved one's passing has always been a tradition in my family.

ETA certainly be lighting a candle for caylee this year.

 

[LinasK]

how strange .... there was a lot of talk in my family, growing up, about a long lost jewish heritage (egyptian too, but that i'm aware of) but by the time i was old enough to become interested in where i came from etc my parents were dead, but this lighting of a candle on the anniversary of a beloved one's passing has always been a tradition in my family.

ETA certainly be lighting a candle for caylee this year.

Interesting that your family passed down this tradition. As a matter of fact, yesterday would have been the Yahrtzeit for my sister-in-law who wasn't Jewish. We missed it, but my husband told me to still go out and get a candle for her, so I bought one this morning and we will light it this evening. You can get them at the big chain grocery stores. I say the memorial prayer in Hebrew too...

 

[eddeva]

Interesting that your family passed down this tradition. As a matter of fact, yesterday would have been the Yahrtzeit for my sister-in-law who wasn't Jewish. We missed it, but my husband told me to still go out and get a candle for her, so I bought one this morning and we will light it this evening. You can get them at the big chain grocery stores. I say the memorial prayer in Hebrew too...

thank you lina, every now and then i stumble across something that makes me think there's weight to what i remember as a child, but how strange to find it here.
anyway i'm OT so i'd better :shutup:

 

[DaughterAlice]

I will be the first to admit that I am not a very good sleuther. In the sticky threads some very smart people did a whole lot of sleuthing and I find that incredible. Since that newspaper guy was starting the Casey timeline I really haven't heard much more. My thought is since we haven't had the doc dump can we go back and see what Casey was doing each day and talk about it until the presumed date of Caylee's death. I unfortuately am not a chart person or ping person in this case. But just maybe if we all talked about our thoughts and finds on each day we may be able to decifer what happened to sweet baby Caylee and try to understand what led her mother to this horrible crime. If this isn't a good idea please delete. Thanks!

Fantastic idea!! I'm not a chart person either. I think the sticky info is amazing (brilliant!!), and I've surveyed it, but it's just soooooo much information. If we could discuss day-by-day activities from a year ago, that would really help me to put things into perspective.

Who can start? It's May 18th, which in 2008 was a Sunday. Where was Casey, where was Caylee? What clues can we put together about this day a year ago?

 

[DaughterAlice]

OK going back my first find in the NYItaliano transcript which dates May 3-6 of 2008. NYitaliano says she has blown him off 3 times now for a "date" and KC says her and her mom had a deal. So to paraphrase she is telling him she is waiting on her parents to come home to baby sit. But not to worry, she asks him out for a date on the following weekend for a concert at a club called Social in downtown Orlando. KC says she has been there a few times and it is John Frank (similar last name to one of her imaginary bosses) CD release party and that she will pay the $8 cover and try to arrange for a sleep over. KC states her nanny is her back up that night. Tonight KC states that "to bad she (zanny) had a freaking date tonight" Her tone and wording during these IM's are not typical in her normal IM's. It seems reading this she sounds harsher and I guess for a lack of a better term more of a New Yorker attitude and accent. Showing the chameleon in her even if it is not flattering. Going back to try to catch up to today's date!

Oops, just saw this!! Who was NYitaliano? Was it AL? Or RM?

 

[ecs5298]

Oops, just saw this!! Who was NYitaliano? Was it AL? Or RM?

I thought it was AR the ex deputy.