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This Post Dedicated to Rinka

3/31/2014

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A third grade student named Rinka from Half Day School (the school where I worked for the past five years) lost both her parents and an older brother in an automobile accident in Arizona during Spring Break a few days ago.  My mind is numb trying to comprehend this tragedy.  And my heart is void of any ability to experience her pain. It must be terrible.  So I ask you all to join me in praying for Rinka.  

I cleaned Rinka's classroom every day for the past year before I retired,  I must have occasionally straightened her chair when I vacumed her classroom floor. I cleaned the lunchroom where she sat with her classmates every lunch hour.  And I read my book this past Fall to all the third graders, including Rinka.  It is a very sad thing to think of what she is going through right now.  Her happy and innocent child's world has been shattered.  Please say a prayer for Rinka.
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Corky Greenfield
3/31/2014 10:26:10 am

Thank you for those kind and thoughtful words. Our hearts are broken, but our faith is not shattered. We all pray for her recovery.

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Gale Killinger
3/31/2014 11:44:34 pm

Your words are so true about Rinka. How does one truly understand what this little girl's future will be like for her. Without Faith how do you get through such a tragedy. Many prayers for her and her family.

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Jen turgeon
4/1/2014 12:04:51 am

Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and capturing what all of us are feeling as we consider this tragic event, and hold our children and parents a little closer in light of how fleeting life can be. Prayers for Rinka & her extended family as they navigate this

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Joanne Katsoolias
4/2/2014 07:11:16 am

What a tragedy! She will be in my prayers,

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    Edward J. Denecke is an aspiring children's book author.
    His first book was published in 2014.

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