Balloon release for Aunt Julie was great! These purple balloons serve a purpose, its the color of the domestic violence ribbon. For those of you who dont know, my aunt was murdered on January 9th of 2011. She got a divorce from her ex husband in October and found a new man. Our family was so proud of her and we were all so happy for her. She was finally happy and she was back to Aunt Julie that everyone loved. Everything was going great until she told us that her ex husband was stalking her. I lived right next door to her. We would randomly have smashed mailboxes through out the next few months. My dad would wait up at night to make sure she was okay. I absolutely loved living right next door to her because that was my escape. We even wore the same size clothes so we would trade off clothes. She was ALWAYS tanning. I was envious of how tan her and my dad got. My dad is still tan but he works outside all year long. If i ever needed girl talk all i would have to do is walk over there. She was the happiest person to be around. Her smile and her laugh was all contagious. But on January 8th 2011, i was staying at, then, my boyfriends house and I told him I felt like something bad was going to happen and that I wanted to go home. By that time is right before midnight and he said why dont we just go to sleep and in the morning we can wake up early and shower and go back to your house so I said alright thats fine. Well low and behold around 6 in the morning on January 9th 2011 I get a call from my dad. His voice was deep and shaky and somewhat sad. I asked him what was wrong and he told me its your aunt julie, shes gone, she was shot in her sleep I just broke down i couldnt even begin to think of why she deserved this, why her, why now, why didnt I go home and stop the mad man who did this. I blamed myself, my dad blamed his self for not waiting up that night. I think everyone in my family slightly blames themselves. my aunt Julie did take it up to her to get restraining orders against him but that didnt stop him. He shot her in the head while she was sleeping and also killed the new man that she was happy with. We knew who did this immediately. We didnt know if he was still alive or not. Next thing I knew my dad was grabbing his 22. getting ready to go out the door and the cop stopped him and said sir dont, hes dead already, he killed himself. Granted we were relieved but we werent satisfied because he wouldnt be rotting in jail. The next few months, were extremely hard for my family. Some of us still cant recover from what has happened. I know i havent. There isnt a day that doesnt go by that I wish she was still here. Anyways, I just wish somebody who is going through domestic violence to get help. There is more success stories then death. If you or someone you know is in a bad relationship. Help them get help, before it goes to far. There is more good than bad people in this world. Just reach your hand out and help somebody. They are probably scared but just be open to them. For all you know you could save their life. Turn a negative into a positive. Thank you for taking your time and reading this. Sorry it is so long.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:56:37 +0000
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