Caylee/Casey Anthony Case: Your Resolution to NOT HATE The Anthonys
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Orlando, FL– On the Eve of the New Year, it struck me that I have yet to form my New Years’ Resolution, and hopefully, impart one to the dedicated readers of blinkoncrime.com.
After reading this comment from a longtime reader and poster, I realized it would be the basis of what I will ask of you in the coming year.
I guess I’m still alone in not begrudging the Ants any of the media money they collect. I know everyone’s mad at them for not publicly turning against their daughter, and for not helping the state firm up a death penalty case against her, and I get that, but I still have trouble mustering up hatred for them. I don’t think they’re particularly likable or even sympathetic characters—I think that’s why I can’t seem to hate them correctly. I see them as foibled and broken and just so regularly human that I kind of feel compassion for their situation.
I think it’s probably a misconception that they’re rolling in the dough. They’re not working right now. Cindy had to clean out her retirement fund thanks to the two losers she more or less supports, and who more or less have robbed her blind over the past many years. They have lawyers and godnoze who else sucking money out of them prolly as quickly as it comes in. Their grandchild is dead, their daughter is facing death—it sucks. I’m pretty positive that none of us would want to trade places with them. Not that you guys wouldn’t conduct yourselves differently than the Ants. You’re probably less screwed up than they are.
I wouldn’t want to walk a mile in their shoes, and I’m grateful that I won’t have to. But I am also quite sure that I can’t fully imagine what it feels like to be them. Everyone hates them. People surely still heckle them, threaten them, shun them, spit on them, attack them—day after day, relentlessly!—viciously on blog after blog, calling them names, making just horrible assumptions and speculations about them and wild claims against them. Mobs are not warm and fuzzy, whether they are storming your gates with pitchforks and torches, or lobbing negativity and vitriol at you over the ‘net.
(Oh, dear, I must be feeling the full weight of 2009 upon me. Reflection is a dangerous thing, lol.) At any rate, here’s wishing all the Blinksters a safe and happy and fulfilling 2010, hopefully with many fewer human tragedies for us to chime in on.
I think this perspective is a very fair one, and I share it. My response:
Suz-
I do not hate these people. I hate their behavior.
I hate that they enabled this girl for so long she never got the help, I feel, she desperately needed.
I hate that a 34 month old baby paid the price for it.
I hate that they have lied to protect the woman responsible for it.
I hate that they do not get that their job now, is to restore the dignity of that baby, and to warn others what can happen when one enables their child to the extent of actual lying and covering up for her, her entire life.
I stole a pack of Kool Aid when I was a kid ( that must be where it all started..) and my Mom drove me back to Food Lane and made me hand it to the manager and apologize.
The rest of my feelings are probably peppered throughout this site.
I do not want people to blindly hate the Anthony’s. I want them to learn the lessons they are supposed to, in the hopes this tragedy can be prevented where it might not have been previously, for someone else.
Imo, hate gets people nowhere. It prevents us from self-asessing and making the crooked places straight.
Happy New Year to You as well Suz.
B
To add to the above, I will share with you that my biggest fear in the conclusion of this case, is that hate, for anyone involved, wins out.
The easiest thing in the world to do is to cast dispersions and launch the atomic hate grenade. I am asking all of you to instead of sitting in the smokescreen that ensues, to open your heart to the real issue here.
Caylee Marie Anthony, in her short time on Earth, loved these people, unconditionally.
Maybe the way to break through to them is to just respect that part of their relationship. Momentarily, can I ask us to have a collective recall of a photo we have seen of Caylee with them? Full of life, love, and happiness.
I know they read here, so let me be the first to say that while I will continue to work to affect a successful prosecution in this case; I want you to know:
I know you loved her more than anything.
I know you would do everything differently if you could.
I know what happened to Caylee was not your fault, but you know who is responsible.
I know that you are struggling for a way to make this right.
I know that your ability to do so on your own may be shortly out of your control.
I know that people will understand your motivations for how this all started if you are simply, honest. I know people have a great capacity for forgiveness.
For me, the thought of Caylee’s death turning into nothing more than a bank account for some, and platform to spread hate, turns my stomach.
If hate wins, that is all it will ever be to those that we need to affect changes that will help someone else. The cycle continues.
I think Caylee deserves for her death to matter in a way for her legacy to be the focus of our energy. Please join me.
(editors note: For anyone who reads this and thinks Blink has gone soft, you know me better than that. I am just sick of the viral toxin shower that some seem to have taken before they comment on this case. It needs to end)
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hate the action not the person, that is my motto
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or is it hate the sin not the sinner? don’t want to call them sinners, I feel for their ignorance and denial…
Thanks Dee, exactly.
B
I watched the ZG depos again today, I was angry Blink I was sorely angry with their behavior, you posted this at the right time for me THANKS you brought me back down to earth!
I don’t like the way the A’s have handled themselves but I understand it, I have had this kind of stuff in my own family (not to this extreme)hate will get us nowhere, forgiveness will, it is easier to hate then forgive and move forward and this year after all I have been through in my own hell that is what I am going to do. I think it is ok to get angry sometimes but get angry and then move forward.
I don’t care about any money they have made never have, not my business, I feel like justice for the innocent is all of our business and that is all I care about in regards to this case.
Happy New Year Blink and all your peeps here! Let us never forget that we all have a responsibilty to act accordingly and not act like we are above anyone but that we are beyond…does that make sense cause it is how I try to live everyday and the way I try to teach my kids to live.
Blink: I think hate can darken one’s own soul and we have to be careful to guard our inner core. This is a great resolution. I believe we can all affect change in our individual states on issues of abused and missing children in 2010. That is my resolution. To help. To love. You are truly wonderful — thank you for all you do.
TY. Awesome.
B
I won’t go to Richard Hornsby’s blog and through all his comments, he’s done his fair share of ‘hating’ on people (vs using an expression of hating their behaviours) in his own words. And at Christmas, he has to express it. Something is wrong with a professional and educated someone who must express this level of personal ‘hate’.
I don’t think Blink’s blog or comments have been full of that word, I can’t feel it myself, but can say I hate (by whatever other word) some of the behaviours of the grandparents of this little girl.
‘Tis a fine line between hatred and pity, but such an important distinction. Forgiveness just cannot be confused with forgetting/forgoing the consequences.
Absolutely.
B
blink: thank you for your words. i totally agree. it is a shock to be reminded that caylee loved these people with all her heart and innocence;she trusted them. it is so hard for me to grasp that thought. i have a three year old granddaughter who i adore with all my heart. i cannot imagine how i would act or feel if she were no longer with us. i agree that the anthony’s could have prevented this tragedy but the seeds were sown so long ago. i pray that all the little children in the world get the love and protection they deserve.
Sorta with you on this one Blink…..I don’t hate the Anthony’s….I actually PITY them…….For they are their own TRUE enemy…….I truly believe they loved little Caylee with all their heart…All that love just might have blinded them to the real reality of Casey…
Happy New Year friend! We all need it….I’m still waiting for for that new job! Been 18 longgggg months……I pray for much much better days…..
From Sister, on the other thread, I thought it should be here as well:
Blink, well said at #547.
When I was in the second grade, I told my Dad a boy at school had stolen a ring my Dad gave me and of course told me never to wear to school. I lost it. Told my Dad he stole it for his sister. Long story short, the boy had no sister. Not only did my Dad take me to the boy’s house to apologize to the family, the next day he took me to school to tell my class I was a liar. Was I humiliated by it? Yes, but worse, I was so sorry I had lied to my Dad. When I graduated from high school, my Dad gave me another ring just like it. I wear it on my little finger to this day.
Blessings to you and yours for a Happy New Year!
Sister- I am with ya on the Daddy thing. I don’t know how that works but dissapointing him was always the worst.
B
As far as hating the Ants.. I don’t hate them and could never in a million years imagine what they are going through..That being said last night I happened to catch a little of Nancy Grace (clicking through because I have a really hard time watching her UHG) but anyway they were showing the depo she did for the Zanny case and I was so disgusted by her eye rolling and lies…. and her smugness. Just makes me sick… I just wish they would have handled things so differently I wish George would have stuck to they way he handled his first couple interviews… Cindy and George want to blame the whole world for all this instead of who is really at fault..
I PRAY in my heart I really do that they come to terms with all of this and that is brings them some peace and that it helps them move forward with the truth.
Happy New Year to all and God Bless
I honestly believe all this hate is a collective guilt and helplessness that WE humans cannot find a way to stop/prevent atrocities committed against the most innocent and precious among us.
WOW. Blink. Thank You. I cannot find it in my heart to hate them. I have always felt pity for them. I pray that I am never put in a situation like they have been. I pray that I would never behave like they have. I pray that they somehow, someway, find peace.
God Bless Caylee. I pray for justice.
Very thought provoking post Blink. I don’t know if what I feel for the Anthony’s is hate or just plain disgust. I do know that hate will consume you and make your life miserable and at a couple of points in my life I had such intense hatred for 2 different people that it almost destroyed me. I have a box in my bedroom that is my God Box. When I have something that is truly eating me alive, I write it down and put it in my God Box and have Faith that God will take care of it.
I feel so much disgust at the Anthony’s actions and lies. I am a grandmother and It tears my heart out that Caylee is being pushed out of the picture and seems no one in her family even remembers who she was. All I want out of Cindy and George is that they stand up for Caylee. Stop the lies and put Caylee first just once. Just once say we love our daughter but we want to see justice for Caylee. Caylee did not deserve to die. She didn’t ask to be born, she was a gift from God and should have been loved and protected above all else. Cindy and George allowed this to happen by catering and abetting Casey’s behavior. The girl truly needed help and in my opinion Cindy did too. George should have been thrown out years ago.
God Bless you for the work you do and Happy New Year to you and yours.
What a great idea.
B
I agree with Darla. i do not hate the anthony’s but as Darla points out i will give them none absolutely no respect until they can stop lying and actually stick up for sweet Caylee Marie, and for once in their lives hold their duaghter accountable for her own actions!
That is actually what the post is designed for.
B
14 Darla
Wow….wait that freaked me out my name is Darla (yes it really is everyone calls me dee cause they forget my name or call me Carla), I was like I didnt post that…welcome DARLA nice to see there is another one out there somewhere!
Darth if the A’s hold her accountable then they would have to admit that she did this and I really don’t think they will ever have that in them, the veil is connected with duct tape and they can’t uncover their eyes…..sadly
The Anthony’s have lied about so many things and have been trying to keep all those balls in the air. They aren’t fooling anyone. A couple hours after the 911 calls were made, the lies began. The lies are so obvious. They make the lies too emphatic. I truly hate that they think they are smarter than me. I hate that they think I am stupid enough to buy their BS. I don’t think it’s too late for them. I want an apology from them. I don’t need an explanation, I can understand why they did it. Just a simple, “I’m sorry”.
I don’t think they have ever considered other people’s intellect in anything they have done or said. I think they listen to the wrong people, and they see everything from a perspective of self-protection.
I am with you on the simple I’m sorry.
B
Darla after the name freak I read your post and I cried, I think that is exactly what most folks here want I know I do!
Thanks for your post! warm hugs to you!
I am making me a God Box and making one for each of my children I absolutely love that! Nice way to start my new year!
Blink I feel the love here beaming from my computer screen, last week was a ruff one for you I know, but today is a new day. Let this new year bring us all peace and happiness and let the dragons be slayed. There is love and respect in this house and it is appreciated by many.
In the midst of saddness, love is beaming and I am gathering it all up, I am tired of the pain and anger…
Thanks to all of you for keeping it real and respectful!
I’ve said for months that I am not an “Anthony hater” BUT I am most definitely “Anthony aware” and in my mind that’s a big difference.
Agreed.
B
Wishing all the very best for the new year! On the topic of the Anthony SAGA: I’m wondering just how much HATE, NAY, REGRET each of the enabling participants now have for his/her own behavior forever caught/captured/memorialized on tape, behaviors that at one time MIGHT (choking here to actually say this!) have seemed acceptable and sane, MIGHT have seemed to be the right thing to do, MIGHT have been part of a cockamanie “plan” to handle the princess with kid gloves, MIGHT have been considered in their collected minds cooperating and now just how totally screwed up and buried they are because they can’t see a way to save face and get out from under this SELF-MADE mess! BELIEVE ME: a tell all book/movie/play/DVD/CD/podcast/religious revival isn’t going to make it right, C& G!
Blink
if little caylee was able to come back! she would be forgiving to them all because she loved them all unconditionaly even her mother . In her innocence she knew no hate nor could she understand why she was killed by mommy . I am left with the memory of her singing” you are my sunshine in all her sweet pure innocence she says to her grandpa “tired papa”. But as for me forgiving them!
it’s not something I could deal with unless I could see some kind of change in their hateful meaness to people that have tried to help them from the begining until present.
Its something I have to work on. because I have grandchildren also and it saddens me that one can choose not to vindicate their death by seeking justice. All I can say is time will tell.
CHica- I am proud of you for acknowledging it. Good For you.
B
Hit enter before the climax!: Please Anthony family: just say we loved Caylee and were blinded by our smothering love for Casey but we also cherish the truth that honors our granddaughter’s innocent life
Well said Joypath! Worth the second post!
B
p,s
when I see them hold casey accountable for her actions and I see change in their behaviours towards others than MAYBE I can soften my heart towards them. please understand that my heart breaks for caylee and I just cant let go of the idea that she was orphaned at death. sad sad sad.
Great post, Blink. You’re right…I like!
Sadly, I don’t see the Anthonys facing the truth in the new year. I hope I’m wrong. But they are deep into the trenches of self preservation right now. If they rest on the realization that their daughter murdered their grandchild, they will then have to rest in a pool of self-reflection and guilt and shame and what ifs. It would be a dark place for a while, but it would eventually lead to truth and light.
Instead, I fear that they will keep walking down the path of denial and manipulation. It keeps them intact for now. How lonely that path must be, even if it is of their own choosing.
Blink
It’s ironic that while you were posting this my last post on the other thread was…yep..about the Anthonys.
While I genuinely admire your insight and now your compassion I will have to find a corner to hang out in for a while. Maybe I am a pagan at heart but unless there is a public epiphany and verbal ownership of the lies and obstructionist behavior I cannot find forgiveness in my heart.
I think it is a true statement that they did love her with all their heart. It is so true that Caylee loved them with every fiber of her being.
All the more reason that I feel that we shouldn’t have to dissect their actions and assign hidden benevolent meanings. Those are my words in response to ” I know you are struggling for a way to make this right”.
I understand the concept that forgiving them and not hating is a liberating thing but is it too much to ask for them to earn the respect by simply being honest?
If this is too toxic or veering way off the course of your article’s intent please file it in the buh-bye place, I can respect that! j
Nope. You did exactly what I asked. Which is, all I can ask for.
B
Blink, this is off the ‘hate’ topic, but goes to the ‘hate’ displayed to online bloggers and in particular, the recent professional lawyer’s rants against certain volunteer-amateur sleuths by making them out to be self-serving self-promotors, while at the same time, not differentiating (in fact siding with) the WS operator ‘Windchime’ (Richard Hornsby take note of who you side with here).
Below is an all too real story of a young woman pushed to suicide by an online predator, and had the police and authorities been able to take the amateur sleuth who discovered the predator’s activities seriously, the young 18 year old woman, may be alive today.
The story (and quote below) is current here with it’s video online: http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/death_online/
“Death Online Synopsis
Her name is Nadia Kajouji: eighteen years old, pretty, self-confident, an ambitious student with her sights set on a career in law and politics. Her world seems bright, and her future limitless as she begins her first year at Ottawa’s Carleton University in the fall of 2007.
But, as the fifth estate reports in Death Online, Nadia’s world is about to change, in a tragic way, and what happens to her will lead to an international search for an Internet predator.
Nadia’s world began to fall apart soon after her arrival at Carleton University. In never-before-seen personal video diaries, Nadia records her descent into suicidal depression. The university assigns her a counselor, a doctor prescribes anti-depressants, but Nadia’s parents are never told about their daughter’s desperate mental state. Nor does anyone know of Nadia’s secret online friend, identified only as Cami D, who is pushing the fragile girl towards suicide. On March 9, 2008, Nadia jumped into the Rideau River. Her body would not be found for six weeks.
Far away from Nadia’s despair, in the English countryside, Celia Blay stumbles upon a cyber-world of websites, chat rooms and newsgroups all dedicated to suicide. More chilling, she discovers that one person, in particular, is encouraging severely depressed people to commit suicide. The retired schoolteacher turns amateur sleuth and tracks down the identity of this predator. She identifies him as William Melchert-Dinkel, a middle-aged nurse and father of two living in Faribault, Minnesota. Melchert-Dinkel has several online pseudonyms. One of them is Nadia Kajouji’s friend, Cami D.
The fifth estate’s Bob McKeown tells the story of Celia’s shocking discovery and her attempts to get police, first in England, then in the United States, to investigate William Melchert-Dinkel. When they finally do pick up the case, it is too late to save Nadia.
In Death Online, the fifth estate talks to Nadia’s parents and friends, to the amateur sleuth Celia Blay, and McKeown confronts William Melchert-Dinkel himself, asking him: why?”
You bring up a very important point, although the subject matter is brutal. The other point I would like to add is that Blog owners have a responsibility for ALL content on their site, especially comments from those not posting in their legal name, for the intent of this conversation, “anonymously”. Some states ( like mine) provide specifically for that classification. Er go, there is no such thing as anonymous if your cyberharassing someone.
All that said, one only needs to read the Terms of Service of one’s hosting company to know what can and cannot reside on the site..
B
Hate is a very powerful word. Do I hate the Anthony’s…no….but I do hate their actions and words. Do I have pity for them…not now. I did at first. But that slowly drained out of me with their words and actions and lies. I am disgusted by them. However, several weeks ago I made myself a promise, and so far so good on keeping it. I promised myself to be kinder when I post about them…..and about KC. I realized I really don’t care that she looks unkept, or what she eats. Whether she has gained a few pounds or not. Goodness knows, in her position I would probably look like a beached whale. I don’t care what the Anthony’s looks like either. Whether it is George’s ear studs or Cindy’s new hair cut or clothes. I don’t care if she had plastic surgery or not. None of that is really important. I realized I felt unclean when I said nasty things about them. I came to realize that I don’t know what it’s like to walk in their shoes and I never want to find out. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have a grandchild murdered. I can’t imagine what it feels like to know in my heart that MY child is the murderer. Would I have acted differently? I am sure I would have…but I am not sure exactly how I would have acted. Do you try to save your child from the DP even if you know in your heart of hearts your child murdered her child, your grandchild? I have thought about this a lot. I have searched my soul….and I came to realize, I would. I would try to keep my child from getting the DP at all costs that were legal. However, I would hope those ‘all costs’ would include not forgetting my grandchild by disgracing her memory or her murder, in the ways I feel the Anthony’s have done. I believe nothing could have kept me from going to see my child…video cameras or not. I would tell him how much I love him and that my love for him would never end. But I would also tell him to tell the truth. Face the consequences of your actions. Stop killing Caylee over and over and over again. I think it is possible to love your child unconditionally and still know they have done a terrible deed and must face the punishment. More more importantly I would ask him WHY? I don’t want an apology from the Anthony’s. I really do not believe it would be sincere. I can say I would be able to gather some amount of respect for them even now, if they stopped the BS and told the truth. Stop the lies and just allow Caylee’s memory to live on respectfully. Caylee is better off than we are right now. I honestly believe that. They and we are left here to try to find some sense in all this madness. The Anthony’s hold one key to stopping some of the madness…..Casey holds the other key.
Very, very well said, Sunny!
B
The change of venue motion mentions how much the Anthonys are hated. I am glad you have written this Blink, because I really don’t believe any of us hate Casey and her family. I think we all just fell in love with Caylee. It is difficult to witness all that has transpired in defense of Caylee’s murderer. It’s just that simple.
PS. I don’t forgive them but I will if we ever see justice for Caylee.
Amateur cyber-sleuth, retired school teacher, Celia Blay is featured in this documentary. The police in her English village ‘couldn’t care less’— ‘if it bothers you, look the other way’ was what she was told. This was an American ‘nurse’ (male with female nickname, his two daughters the same age as the young women who he encouraged to commit suicide, home in Faribault, MN) who wanted to see these young, some 16 year olds, cut themselves on their webcams. Celia says he encouraged a minimum of 8 young people yet police would not respond. She speculates this could be in the double figures.
Blay couldn’t get the FBI to take this seriously, she got NO response from them although she had tracked the ISP to the the man’s home.
This made me cry Blink. I agree 100% though. I hate no one. A loving heart is so much better than one filled with hate. Happy New Year and thank you for all you do.
The university did not intervene, it’s doctors and counsellors did not intervene when they knew, the local police knew of her threats, the FBI would do nothing prior to this happening, to investigate this ‘Cami D’, so why would an anonymous blog owner, care to do anything, maybe a predator or voyeur themselves.
Blay turned her files over to Minnesota police, online predator task-force. William Melchert-Dinkel , MN board of nursing revoked his nursing licence. He’s still living his own life normally around his home town.
Thank you, Blink, for voicing the reminder that humility is foundation to our justice system –to deal with others as we would like to be treated.
I offer no personal hatred for the Anthony Family either. I do abhor their actions because I cannot relate to them. I would like to add to the resolution that we allow time for reflection in our lives.
Happy New Year Fellow Blinksters, I am thankful to listen and share opinions with all of you and am in awe of your intelligent minds and good hearts.
Is this News Year Eve or April Fools Day???
These people are in the situation they are in because of their actions before, during and after…with actions there are always consequences…you reap what you sow…Sorry I can’t feel sorry for them…:(
I did not ask you to feel sorry for them, I asked you not to hate them.
B
You made me cry, Blink. I cannot think too much about hating the Anthonys. As a parent to a very large group of kids, some born to me, some not, I just cannot get my head around their behavior. I have kids who have done things that I wish they hadn’t done. BUT, I cannot in my wildest dreams see protecting them if they had done something so heinous. I know the fear that your child has done something out of bounds. But something so bad as to have murdered their own child is so hard to comprehend. I try and try to put myself in the horror of what they know happened and I just cannot see what would possess them to go so far in the protection of Casey. They knew that their family was so broken and rotted from the inside out, and they chose Casey over Caylee.
Thank you for the article, Blink. I read here every single day (more than once).
This is a great way to start a New Year – Happy New Year to you and yours!
My feelings about the Anthony’s is simple. Their behavior is reprehensible to say the least. The are not respecting Caylee in any way. She loved them totally. She lived and died loving them. The very least she deserves from them is respect. Love your child, of course, but also recognize what she has done and deal with it.
Happy New Year and TY
B
Classy post from a class act to end the old year and bring in the new one. I’m glad to put the old one behind me after learning how ugly the blogosphere can be. I’ve learned so much here. I can’t thank you enough. Great work time after time – not only the posts – but the management of the comments. Happy 2010 to all of you!!
Thanks lily.
I am so proud of the class and intellect of the posters here. I am humbled y’all let me hang out occasionally.
B
I do not hate them…I have contempt for them and absolutely no respect for the way they have handled this whole situation and never putting Caylee first.
One question I pose to all of us, myself included.
Let’s just say that kc is convicted. Her sentence DP or LWOP irrelevant.
What if George and Cindy prostate themselves with (Conway, in tow, of course) declarations of pure unadulterated love. Love for Caylee, love for kc, love for their son, love for each other. All the ‘missteps’ they took… all because of love.
Are we (all those that were willing to stand for Caylee while ‘love’ prevented G&C) all supposed to fall into a lockstep formation and accept their previous actions? Maybe even give them titles of child advocates?
After all, love trumps deceit and manipulation in this scenario.
Granted, the above scenario is just fiction but lowering the accountability bar for them is a slippery slope in my mind. How is what they’ve done any different than say, a parent that shields a son that molests or abuses his sister? The parent loves them both but in that, loses the reality that one was damaged for life and the other didn’t have to pay for his deeds.
It seems to me that based on everything in the public eye, the lying is pathological. It isn’t just a little fib here and there, it seems that some have been intended to hobble the pursuit of justice, some have been designed to crucify perfectly innocent people. Don’t most of us have some inner emergency brake that says, whoa, wait a minute, that’s just not right?
My long winded point is, how can I tell if at some point they do admit that their actions were misguided, that they have real regret? How do I know it’s just not another calculated lie intended to repair the public persona that will prolly be their bread and butter? Does it matter? In all this self analysis,I think to me it does matter. Trust is a big deal to me. Guess I’ll have to let God sort out the rest.
I do not hate them I just want them off TV with their lies it’s time for this to be on court tv (TruTV).
Blink and all Blinker’s
Happy New Year. May we all learn to forgive and let go of hatred.
I’ve been reading from the beginning.
Thank you for all your hard work Blink.
I don’t feel sorry for the Anthony’s. You DO reapeth what you sow. There is no need to feel sorry. THEY do not appear to be sorry although I have never walked in their shoes. I thank my lucky stars for that. I do not pity the Anthony’s. It would be a wasted effort. I certainly do not HATE the Anthony’s. They are full of enough HATE themselves. I “NOTHING” the Anthony’s. It is too late for sorry’s, pity, or hate. I feel nothing at all. I prefer to smile as “You are my Sunshine” plays in my head.
Blink,
31 days!…. then we new death. The where, when, and why
are what brought us all here as one. Ask yourself why, Caylee
has brought us here as one. Is it because the ones that should
have protected her failed her. Is is her as an angel saying to
you/us, protect me? Is she our guiding light pointing us to
the truth when those that can stop the pain have chosen not to.
Has she found her place in HEAVEN or can she not rest until the
truth be told. grandma, grandpa,& uncle lee have those answers.
I for one can not forgive, do I hate them no. Do I like them
no. Do I understand them no. Would I do the same in there
shoes no. Do I hope that when they lay their heads on their
pillows each night the last thing they see is this face of an
angel yes, because I have hope that they might see the light of
this angel, and tell all that they know without one single lie.
Yes then Blink I can say with all I have in me that I can forgive
what grandma and grandpa have made so many become, reactors to
their hate. Do I feel sorry for them yes very, very much! But
they have made there beds now they must lay in it! Until the truth
be told.
The Anthony’s are so very lost. I think they know they are partially responsible for Caylee’s death due to the way they raised Casey.
I think this has brought out the worst in their family. A family who was torn and now is broken in pieces. I cannot fathom the horror of raising a child who could do something like this.
I think that Cindy said something like if we lost Caylee we lost Casey. They know. They are just wondering around lost and in so much pain.
This may sound strange to some of you, but hate is a very passionate emotion. I find it almost impossible to hate someone I have never loved first. To have all the negativity associated with hate puts a dark cloud over me. The Anthony’s appear as if they have a lot of hate in their hearts. Hopefully for them, they might one day realize a simple “thank you” and “forgive me if I harmed you” might be a starting point to the light. I know they loved Casey and Caylee both. I pray they find peace and love.
Blink,
I am a daily reader and today and first time poster. I have followed this case from day one as many have and your site is by far the best! You have the “knack” for lack of better words. Thank you for the work and mutual respect for all that participate!
TY and welcome dana
B
I deeply appreciate this insight Blink!
‘Judge not lest ye be judged’.
I’ve learned that it’s very easy to judge others because it takes your mind off of your own short comings. I often think judgement upon others can lend insight into our own character.What’s worse is how infectious hate can be! Hate breeds hate. Know thy enemy my momma always told me. He can find the ‘cracks’ and spin as little as 2% of the truth to suit his purpose. I too have never been a fan of how the Anthony’s have handled this tragedy. I’ve felt no compassion for them. I’m definitely grateful to NOT be in their shoes. My Christian counselor told me to put things in place that protect your ‘heart’ and your ‘mind’. Unfortunately, some of us (ME TOO) have put ourselves out there and inviting the actions of Caylee’s family to affect our good faith and judgement.
Proverbs 4: 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
I’ve had ‘hateful’ thoughts about the Anthony’s. It festers into vile thoughts. Vile thoughts can turn into vile actions (you see where I’m going…..the ripple affect).
My point being, it does not serve any of us to judge harshly. You never know when you’ll be in the hot seat. Honestly, the Anthony’s did not ask for this or plan for it. It could happen to anyone. I also believe we all have ‘secrets’ of some kind. I don’t care who you are. Everyone falls short of God’s grace.
Thank you for having the courage to write this and to remind us we are not the judge jury and executioner. There are 2 kinds of justice: lady justice and God’s. I think I’ll let both do their jobs and pray that Caylee is exactly where she’s supposed to be…..in the arms of the Lord, free from harm, pain and suffering.
Happy New Year everyone. Infinite blessings to you and all your loved ones! Thank you for keeping it real and for honouring the truth.
HNY to you Ragdoll, and lovely words.
B
I don’t hate the Ants; hate takes up too much energy. I choose to focus on what I can do, which is to advocate for children. If everyone who has been touched by Caylee’s story would put a minimal contribution, either monetarily or by volunteering, into legitimate charities, services, or programs for those precious angels that are still earthbound, they would improve a living child’s percentages to grow up and reach their potential.
We can not change what has happened to Caylee and the others who have shared her fate. Let us resolve this year to do what we can to honor her memory by helping to stop child abuse and infanticide.