Early this morning, my father received a message from one of his former classmates, Larry Santelices that his daughter, Tara, passed away at 4:00 AM today.
Tara is the victim of a VERY senseless crime. She was mugged and shot on the head on the eve of her birthday, August 6 last year. She was in coma eversince and never recovered until her demise early this morning.
Up until now, we still could not comprehend why what happened, happened. In the words of my brother, "Why did this have to happen to a really good person?" I agree. There are a lot of criminals and people with black hearts roaming the earth and committing various crimes against humanity. Why can't they all die instead?
Tara was very young, very pretty and could have had a bright future. That was cruelly cut short. We could only find solace in the belief that "She who dies young, God loves the most."
As we bid farewell to Tara, allow me to reprint the lyrics of one of her favorite songs, Across the Universe by The Beatles (children of AdNU HS '69 tend to be influenced by their fathers and develop a love for any Beatles song):
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inviting and inciting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me
Like a million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
May you rest in peace, Tara.
amen..
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