August 22, 2024
I received a text from NBC Channel 4 which took me by surprise. They covered the story of John’s murder, found out about our Candlelight Vigil and were interested in attending. They also wanted to record it to appear on the news.
As previously stated, I’m a behind the scenes type person and don’t like being put in the spotlight. I don’t like speaking in public so I wrestled with what to do.
My mind kept telling me, “This is not who you are. You hate being the center of attention, especially when it comes to public speaking.” But my heart reminded me, “This isn’t about you. This is for John. Remember, you are his voice now.”
My heart won.
I informed them about the Vigil details and confirmed our arrival at Glen Rest Cemetery at 6:30 PM. The vigil will begin at 7:00 PM.
Nervous doesn’t even begin to describe what I felt, but like clockwork, my sister-mom would arrive the day before the Vigil to attend and, as usual, calm my nerves.
