I apologize for not updating this blog at all yet this year. A girl I went to high school with, Kelley Stage, was murdered by her husband in 2015, and the trial of her husband hit me harder than I thought it would. I didn't leave her a proper dedication on this page, but I'd like to do so now.
I suffered a lot of physical and emotional abuse in high school, as all of my friends were two years younger than me. So I suffered being beaten, burned, and enduring sexual abuse my junior high and early high school years with very little support from anyone.
Kelley was among the very few that was kind to me, and let me eat lunch at her table and made me feel welcome. She and a handful of others are among the reason why I'm here today, as I wouldn't have been able to go on without kindness like she showed me. Sadly, I hadn't seen her since high school, and I never got a chance to thank her for her kindness because her monster of her husband took her away from the world and, worst of all, away from her kids.
So I leave this memorium to Kelley Stage, 1980-2015
She is gone, but she'll never be forgotten.
