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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Denise, What a Sweetheart She Was

I don't blog much about Denise. It's awfully difficult. I always end up crying but today I'm starting out by crying.

While we were moving we came across a lot of Nate's stuff stored at our house. In one box were some of Denise's things. This is where I found her recipes. I don't have a lot of things of Denise's. She didn't live and wasn't married long enough to accumulate a lot of things. Anyhow, because Nathan and Denise didn't have a printer but had a computer, Denise would look up recipes on the internet and then handwrite out the recipes. She researched everything! We even found handwritten notes on how she was potty training Noah.

She was trying so hard to be a successful, loved, and accomplished mother and wife. She loved being home with the boys. She liked to go out too but she enjoyed her life.

I've been typing the collection of recipes she had handwritten and I just can't help admire and remember what a lovely young woman she was.

She was just a tiny little thing and beautiful on the inside and out. She was generous. She was selfless.

She certainly didn't deserve to suffer the way she did and she didn't deserve to die.

I look at Noah and Adam. I think of all they are missing and are going to miss. How disrupted their little lives have been.

I watched this video yesterday. You can't help but notice how she's always smiling. You see the joy in the babies and Nate. I look at Nate and I think, there's the old Nate! We'll never have him back either.

Video: http://videos.lifetributes.com/MediaViewer/MovieViewer.aspx?id=13785#

sorry to be so morbid. It's really not morbid IMO. It's just naturally missing and grieving a lovely young woman.

How could someone throw away and dispose of such a lovely person? How could someone hurt her and humiliate her? How could someone have so little respect for life that they'd kill her and then dump her.

I'm sorry. I just don't get it.

SIGH.

I guess it's time to go do some needlepoint and remember our blessings. I'm picking up the boys today and we'll have them for dinner:o)

We've got them! Thank God.

Because SHE saved them. Sweet, wonderful, beautiful, smart girl, our Denise.

Love you and miss you, sweetheart.

Attn: Cell Phone Users

I'm adapting this from a pamphlet Mark picked up from the California NENA conference out in San Diego.

When Dialing 9-1-1 From Your Cell Phone

1. Call only for immediate emergency assistance - medical, fire, or police.

2. Be prepared to provide your location and any essential information the dispatcher may need.

3. Stay on the line until told to hang up. You may be transferred to another agency.

added edit

Cell phones cannot "text" 9-1-1. During the Virginia Tech massacre, many students tried texting 9-1-1 because they were afraid the killer would hear them.

Do not assume 9-1-1 can find you when using a cell phone. Cell phone signals go to the nearest "available" tower.

IMO, always call 9-1-1 in an emergency unless you are sure others have already called.

And, IMO, if you are distraught, if possible have a neighbor or other family member call 9-1-1 for you. They will most likely be able to listen and give clearer instructions.

Help Reduce Unnecessary Calls

Use non-emergency numbers for your local law enforcement agency when you do not need immediate assistance.

If medical, fire or police are already on scene, it is not necessary to call 9-1-1 again. Instead, call a non-emergency number if you have additional information and witnessed the incident.

Do not call 9-1-1 for non-emergecy incidents (i.e., requesting road conditions, asking why traffic is backed up, requesting driving directions, or other similar reasons). Be prepared; contact your local FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) office directly, using a non-emergency number.

Use or maintain a landline at home and at work for 9-1-1 calls, as the dispatcher is more likely to get accurate location information from a landline.

Using 9-1-1 in non-emergency situations prevents critical emergencies from being attended to.

DID YOU KNOW?

Almost everyone in the U.S. owns a cell phone and some households do not use a landline at all. Consequently, hundreds of thousands of wireless 9-1-1 calls are made daily nationwide.

Far too many cellular 9-1-1 phone calls, both non-emergency and repeat calls for the same incident, are tying up the 9-1-1 phone system. This results in unnecessary busy signals, disconnects, and delays in dispatch time for ture 9-1-1 emergency calls.

Not every 9-1-1 call is answered by your local law enforcement agency. Cell phone providers try to calculate you approximate location using cell towers or satellite positioning. If they cannot, the call will likely default to the Florida Highway Patrol and then be transferred to the appropriate agency. This means that non-emergency or repeat calls are wasting critical minutes or dispatchers' time.

If you call 9-1-1 from you cell phone or an inactive phone, your phone number and location information may not be available to the dispatcher. Know your surroundings (street address, landmarks, mileposts) when calling 9-1-1. This will save valuable seconds in an emergency.

Avoid accidental 9-1-1 calls

Accidental cell phone calls can congest the 9-1-1 phone system. Accidental calls occur when the phone is placed in a pocket, belt clip, or purse, and a pre-programmed emergency button is bumped. Even a locked phone can dial 9-1-1.

Help Avoid Accidental Calls With the Following Tips

Do not hang up on an accidental 9-1-1 call. Inform the dispatcher that the call was an accident before you hang up.

Do not pre-program 9-1-1 into your or your child's cell phone's speed dial. This can lead to accidental calls.

Teach your child how and when to dial 9-1-1 from a cell phone. Train them to press 9-1-1 and the "send" button only in an emergency.

Even cell phones without active service can dial 9-1-1. Take batteries out of cell phones before recycling them or giving them to a child to play with.

Don't call 9-1-1 to check to see if you cell phone works. 9-1-1 is to be used for emergency calls only.

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