After all these years of working so hard, to lose her own daughter to domestic violence is just a tragedy that goes beyond measure.

The sad truth is that people brush it aside until they're personally affected; they fail to understand how heartbreaking this is.

It is a potentially very deadly time. Doing everything we can to monitor his whereabouts is the best we can do to protect her safety.

A life taken early is like an exploding star not seen, massive energy tragically wasted amongst the cosmos, the only solitude being that of pain no more.

A place where something so terrible had happened shouldn't continue to exist in the world

Not only are animals unable to avail themselves of language to assert their own rights, but many fewer humans have a clear sense of kinship with animals than have a clear sense of kinship with other humans. Among beings with subjective states of awareness, animals are the untouchable caste, those whom human others would rather not acknowledge, let alone render assistance.