Divorce Kills
July 17, 2008
From the Washington Post, July 17, 2008: A man recently divorced from his wife of more than 20 years shot and killed her inside a suburban St. Louis mall before committing suicide, police said.... The shooter was 49 and his ex-wife was 47, but their names had not been released.
After pausing a moment to think about this woman and this man, and the relationship that they had for more than twenty years and their children, all I can think to say is that marriage should not be a life or death sentence. Life comes in phases, and each phase should be acknowledged, and understood not to have to last a lifetime. The life of a person is more sacred than the life of a marriage.
And we each deserve to live our own life. A life free from the burdens, expectations, and psychoses of others placed on us.
May her memory be blessed.
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My heart goes out to her children.
Life is a series of choices, and sometimes we wait to long to make a decision.
It is pretty clear she wasn't able to leave her husband before.
I wish this hadn't happened.
Posted by: Mariana | July 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM
I hope she enjoyed some time of feeling free and independent. As we all deserve to feel.
Laura
Posted by: Laura | July 20, 2008 at 05:33 AM