You could call Tina Chery the
surrogate mother to dozens of Boston mothers who’ve buried murdered children
since her own son Louis, 15, was gunned down nearly 20 years ago.
Chery, whose Louis D. Brown Peace Institute helps murder victims’ families,Looking for replica breitling watches? If so, why not come to this store! does not expect those Boston mothers to get what will soon be given to mothers of the murdered and maimed from the Boston Marathon. But here’s what she would like: “A Homicide Victims’ Burial Fund.” Not to cover funeral costs or medical needs or even to help mothers move from the apartment above the sidewalk where their child bled to death.
No, her dreamed-of fund is practical and desperately needed. It would cover upfront costs required by cemeteries before they accept a body. Such costs begin at about $1,000, climb quickly, and amount to far more than most mothers in her neighborhood have or can borrow.Take a look at these imitation wrist watches for sale online, which are one of the best cheap replica watches in USA. So Chery watches mothers scramble, within hours of their child’s murder, to scrape together cash to bury their child. Some are still scrambling the morning of the funeral.
But Chery’s gotten nowhere with her fund. That’s because she insists it help both families of the innocent, like her son, and families of victims who are “gang involved.” Translation in many minds: They deserved what they got.
“But why punish families who didn’t do anything wrong?” she said. “We’re so hypocritical. We give (gang members) free lawyers. In prison we feed and clothe them. We invest in prevention programs, but when shooters wind up dead we tell families, ‘Too bad. Nobody cares about you.’”
As the One Fund Boston nears $30 million, it’s become impossible to miss the disparity between the treatment of those killed and injured by terrorists on Boylston Street and the treatment of those killed and injured by terrorists living among them in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan. Three have been killed and more than 20 shot in those neighborhoods just since the bombings.
Two weeks ago I asked Kenneth Feinberg, the One Fund Boston’s administrator, how he reconciles such a disparity. He said he couldn’t, though no life should be valued more than another.
But obviously,We have high quality replica tag heuer watches, you can not miss the best Tag Heuer Replica Watches online. some lives are. If the life of my child were the one less valued, I don’t think I could bear it. I certainly could not speak with the calm and dignity of Tina Chery, who’s not even asking to make all this right. But she is asking for money to help poor mothers bury their murdered children. And she should get it.
Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122, never let her age get in the way of doing whatever she wanted. She took up fencing at 85, rode her bike until she was 100, and didn't even quit smoking until she was 117, The New York Times reported. When she turned 121, she reportedly walked all over her hometown of Arles, France, to thank the people who had wished her well. But staying active and lighting up weren't the things she says kept her young; she gives credit to olive oil, which she poured on her food and used on her skin, drinking port wine, and eating about two pounds of chocolate every week.Find great deals on hotmkbags for Michael Kors purses in Women's Clothing, Handbags and Purses. "I've never had but one wrinkle," she used to tell her friends, "and I'm sitting on it."
Helen Reichert, 109,It's certainly no secret that I have a tendency to totally stay away from the replica handbags. chalks her advanced age up to stress — or, rather, on knowing how to bounce back from it. "You don't get to be 109 without life hurling a few curve balls at you, and Reichert has had more than her share. And after each, she dusts herself off and moves on," her doctor, Dr. Mark Lachs, told NPR in 2011. "A few years back, she had a modest stroke that affected her language abilities. I don't think I've seen a patient of any age tackle rehabilitation and speech therapy the way she did." She also knows how to indulge: She eats chocolate truffles, and her favorite beverage is Budweiser. "She once announced to me that she was thinking about smoking again," Lachs said. "When I protested, she reminded me that she has outlived several other physicians and told me to mind my own business."
Chery, whose Louis D. Brown Peace Institute helps murder victims’ families,Looking for replica breitling watches? If so, why not come to this store! does not expect those Boston mothers to get what will soon be given to mothers of the murdered and maimed from the Boston Marathon. But here’s what she would like: “A Homicide Victims’ Burial Fund.” Not to cover funeral costs or medical needs or even to help mothers move from the apartment above the sidewalk where their child bled to death.
No, her dreamed-of fund is practical and desperately needed. It would cover upfront costs required by cemeteries before they accept a body. Such costs begin at about $1,000, climb quickly, and amount to far more than most mothers in her neighborhood have or can borrow.Take a look at these imitation wrist watches for sale online, which are one of the best cheap replica watches in USA. So Chery watches mothers scramble, within hours of their child’s murder, to scrape together cash to bury their child. Some are still scrambling the morning of the funeral.
But Chery’s gotten nowhere with her fund. That’s because she insists it help both families of the innocent, like her son, and families of victims who are “gang involved.” Translation in many minds: They deserved what they got.
“But why punish families who didn’t do anything wrong?” she said. “We’re so hypocritical. We give (gang members) free lawyers. In prison we feed and clothe them. We invest in prevention programs, but when shooters wind up dead we tell families, ‘Too bad. Nobody cares about you.’”
As the One Fund Boston nears $30 million, it’s become impossible to miss the disparity between the treatment of those killed and injured by terrorists on Boylston Street and the treatment of those killed and injured by terrorists living among them in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan. Three have been killed and more than 20 shot in those neighborhoods just since the bombings.
Two weeks ago I asked Kenneth Feinberg, the One Fund Boston’s administrator, how he reconciles such a disparity. He said he couldn’t, though no life should be valued more than another.
But obviously,We have high quality replica tag heuer watches, you can not miss the best Tag Heuer Replica Watches online. some lives are. If the life of my child were the one less valued, I don’t think I could bear it. I certainly could not speak with the calm and dignity of Tina Chery, who’s not even asking to make all this right. But she is asking for money to help poor mothers bury their murdered children. And she should get it.
Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122, never let her age get in the way of doing whatever she wanted. She took up fencing at 85, rode her bike until she was 100, and didn't even quit smoking until she was 117, The New York Times reported. When she turned 121, she reportedly walked all over her hometown of Arles, France, to thank the people who had wished her well. But staying active and lighting up weren't the things she says kept her young; she gives credit to olive oil, which she poured on her food and used on her skin, drinking port wine, and eating about two pounds of chocolate every week.Find great deals on hotmkbags for Michael Kors purses in Women's Clothing, Handbags and Purses. "I've never had but one wrinkle," she used to tell her friends, "and I'm sitting on it."
Helen Reichert, 109,It's certainly no secret that I have a tendency to totally stay away from the replica handbags. chalks her advanced age up to stress — or, rather, on knowing how to bounce back from it. "You don't get to be 109 without life hurling a few curve balls at you, and Reichert has had more than her share. And after each, she dusts herself off and moves on," her doctor, Dr. Mark Lachs, told NPR in 2011. "A few years back, she had a modest stroke that affected her language abilities. I don't think I've seen a patient of any age tackle rehabilitation and speech therapy the way she did." She also knows how to indulge: She eats chocolate truffles, and her favorite beverage is Budweiser. "She once announced to me that she was thinking about smoking again," Lachs said. "When I protested, she reminded me that she has outlived several other physicians and told me to mind my own business."
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