Life changed on June 23 for all that knew and loved Anna.  She was bru­tally mur­dered in Spar­tan­burg early that morn­ing.  Today as I write this I still have a hard time believ­ing that such a beau­ti­ful, smart and vibrant young woman is no longer here with us.  Her death is hard to com­pre­hend alone.  How­ever, try­ing to come to terms that she was mur­dered has made her death even more trau­matic and we are search­ing for answers.  Why? Why our Anna?  Hope­fully the law enforce­ment will get those answers for us.  The answers will still leave us with even more questions.     

Anna was about to start a new chap­ter in her life this week.  A path that was going to be tough but one that would end with a new begin­ning.  She will never get that new begin­ning and that is so tragic.  Anna, as we all have, made some bad choices in her life.  She was ready to move for­ward and  grow from her mistakes.  

Please keep her fam­ily in your thoughts and prayers as well as all that knew Anna and loved her.  Her death is a bit­ter pill to swal­low. How­ever her light will always shine in our hearts.