I hope the guys have fun in what, based on my understanding, is probably the remainder of their lives in State Prison.
Today, Twosday (2/22/22), supposedly is a good luck day, an Angel day, the time "to seek balance and coordination with others" and, as a result of the hate these three gave through the words of their hate filled conversations with friends and family through the years about people of color, the text messages read during the court proceeding, and in deeds when they saw an opportunity to act on that hate — chase and ultimately murder a Black jogger, it appears this hate crime verdict is the universe balancing and coordinating where they go in future.
I hear the difference between the Federal Prison they’ve been housed in and the State Prison they’re headed to is like the difference between a country club and the ghetto. Not to mention there are lots and lots and lots of people of color in State Prison. They’ll constantly be surrounded by the color they so hate which, to me, is the definition of having died and gone to Hell for a racist.
Weird, but Trainer and I had this conversation of Heaven and Hell just last week. I don’t remember what brought the topic up, but I said I didn’t believe in Heaven or Hell as actual places. That, based on having personally experienced Hell, I’d come to the conclusion both are state and stages of mind right here where we are.
Trainer didn’t buy it, you won’t either, but I know what I know.
At any rate, the above three bozos, have lived a nice safe life in-between (purgatory), didn’t do well with the choices they made in this life — hated, expounded hatred, acted on that hatred, so now it’s game over … go to Hell, go directly to Hell, do not pass Go, do not collect $200 dollars.
No news yet as to whether the father son bozos (Gregory and Brandon Case), who chased and shot at FedEx Driver D'Monterrio Gibson, while he was making deliveries, will be charged with a Hate Crime, but I certainly hope so because that’s what it was … hate motivated.
To counter all the feels that this crap just never ends, I’ll tell you about something I’ve been reading online that I find soothing and should be made into a book, which is a group of nurses sharing the last words people have said on their death beds.
The last words, as the article states, "range from witty to tragic to profound", but the one that stands out for me is unbelievably sweet, kind.
The nurse recounted, “I started my nursing career on a palliative unit. In my first three months as an RN, I pronounced seven deaths. This one patient had advanced dementia and often believed he was at work while he was awake in the hospital. He would often give us, the nurses and care aides, tasks and jobs to do, as he believed himself to be our superior. One day, near the end of December, he asks me, 'When is New Year's? What day is it this year?' I tell him New Year's will be the upcoming Tuesday. He nods and tells me that he thinks he's going to have to quit after the new year. This job is getting too difficult for him, and he can't keep up. It's time to retire. I tell him we appreciate all the hard work he's done, how we'll miss him terribly when he's gone, and that he was a great employer whom we all loved working with. That Tuesday, January 1, he passed away peacefully in his sleep at 2:00 a.m."
What an essay for today! Wise words and conclusion. The baddest of the bad guys will probably have heart attacks while surrounded by other prisoners; white or black.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cool book. When I worked hospice, there were many cases of patients planning to "travel" and could describe some of the methods. It usually had to do with something that occurred in their lives.
One guy kept talking about needing to catch the train, the apple train. He finally caught it, and died, but after his death, only one older relative could explain: the guy used to play in the apple orchards as a youngster and they'd catch the little train carts full of apples for a fun ride. What a way to exit!
Linda in Kansas
It was an article, not a book, but someone should collect stories like the man who thought his nurses were employees and the guy needing to catch a train and turn those stories into a book of last words. The nurses being employees was my favorite story, because it was so sweet of them to go along with it, and then to send him off into the next life telling him how they enjoyed working for him.
DeleteThere are a jillion end-of-life hospice books and articles, but I'm not sure of one with only the cute stories at life's end. With dementia in general and the "searching" times in hospice, we're always taught to "go along with it," and not try to "correct" their stories. We find out a lot more by "cooperating." There's sometimes a lucid "rally", like one lady wanted an ice cream cone with her grown son. She enjoyed that evening and was gone the next morning. (I'd prefer a banana popsicle.) Do you know that many older folks just want a popsicle? They may have dry mouth and can still hold the stick with one hand vs a complicated plated meal.
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So interesting. Maybe YOU should write a book about your experiences.
DeleteSounds like Justice, both legal and karmic, has been done in this case. Great! My late mother shared your views about heaven and hell, so it is not a strange view for me to hear. Actually, I think there's a great deal of truth in it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your mom and I could have been kindred souls.
DeleteBe a real shame if they place the key somewhere and forget where it is .......opps. Let them rot.
ReplyDeleteThey're over and done with ... toast.
DeleteI was pleased to hear the verdict on those horrible men. Of course, it was a hate crime. This goes on too often in too many places, though, and these ugly guys are just three of far too many.
ReplyDeleteThese continuing hate crimes are exhausting.
DeleteI agree with you on heaven and hell. Those three are going to the thick of their hell at state prison - yay karma!
ReplyDeleteInteresting story from the nurse. When I worked at a nursing home, we had several residents who thought they were in another place and time. Shortly before death, they would often talk of deceased loved ones being in the room with them. Who knows?
I do believe that some are gifted with visitations, familiar beings, to make them feel more comfortable with transitioning over. Betty White's last words were "Allen", the name of her beloved husband who'd passed many years prior. I'd better not see my ex-husband, or I'll go out cursing a blue streak.
DeleteThe (sort of) sad part of the story of the three haters is that they might not live long enough in state prison to realize the evil they've done. Might be interesting to know what their last words would be. And I'm in total agreement with you on Heaven and Hell.
ReplyDeleteSurprising that I'm not the only one with this concept of Heaven and Hell being a state of mind. However long the three live, they'll be living in fear, getting a dose of what Aubrey must have felt when they were chasing him down.
DeleteThat nurse's recount out her patient was chilling. I think people have a short time to live do see things, maybe family members and have some sense when they will be gone. I watched my husband in 2020 tell me how his deceased mother was visiting him and he told her to tell everyone he would be coming soon, right around the corner he said. He was gone 2 weeks later.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who does what those three did should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
There are those that know the when.
DeleteI am beyond thrilled that those 3 will be in a hard core prison for the remainder of their lives!!! I read that story by the nurse as well. Amazing isn't it? My Aunt was a crotchety ole bird. I went to see her, she was dying of cancer. I went to the hospital and I heard her yelling so me and a nurse went running to the room. She was sitting upright (and she hadn't been able to do that in weeks) and she was talking to no one we could see at the foot of her bed. She was saying, Stop it, why would I want to go with you two, you're dead. Then she laid back down. The nurse and I looked at each other. Then I laughed out loud because that is so my Aunt Dee Dee. She is the only person I know who would see loved ones in the after life and say such things. (if you watch Mike and Molly, my aunt is exactly like the crazy mom, Peggy Biggs)
ReplyDeleteHow your Aunt Dee Dee responded is how I'd respond if my ex-husband dared to appear to escort me over, except I'd be using serious hardcore curse words :-)
DeleteFor all those low life Racists may every day now be a Fresh Hell. Like you my idea of Heaven and Hell are different than what most think of it and I was really Moved by that last paragraph the Nurse shared of her dying patient.
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