Author Archives: Radha

I recently became aware that Mark Taylor will be eligible for his first parole hearing in 2012. We won’t know the exact date for some months; hopefully we will have a date by January or February. Continue reading →

There have been many “gifts with death” in my life since Christopher was murdered. Meeting my husband to be (we started dating before Christopher was killed) Gary and merging our families has been the very best. I now have four daughters (three are Gary’s) and five grandchildren who range in age from 10 to 21 years.

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My long-term response to the murder of my son, Christopher, was to treasure even more the special moments with family and friends. My “what is important” had a shift. In the beginning of my grief process I found it hard to tolerate impatience. I had such an enormous and shocking realignment, that situations which might have upset me in the past seemed unimportant. Airplanes being late and traffic jams were too small to get upset about. On the radar screen of life, why stress myself out about such minor events? I have managed to keep that calmness and it has served me well in more ways than I can count. Continue reading →