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Click hereVice President Burke was introduced by Hospital Administrator Tony Warner, eldest son of Seth and Joanne Warner. Vice President Burke waxed eloquent on the virtues of motherhood and the importance of gifts to the field of medicine, a political speech all the way. Then he introduced Todd, whom everyone expected to make the big reveal.
"Teresa was my wife," Todd said as he assumed the podium, "but I'm not the one to do this. This one belongs to the great man Teresa admired the most, that we all admire... the First Iron Crowbar. Uncle Don, would you please come up here and make this happen?"
Everyone there applauded politely as I made my way up to the podium. "Thank you, Todd. Thank you, Mr. Warner." I said, not saying the expected thanks to Vice President Burke. "It was Teresa's generosity, but also her leadership that has made this Hospital into the premiere research hospital in the Nation!" Applause.
"Teresa deserves more than a statue in a park, or even just her name on a building." I went on. "Only a living monument that continues to give hope to our children as she gave hope to us for so long, is good enough for the greatness of her heart. So without further ado... roll it up!"
The banner at the top of the Hospital began rolling up, to reveal the lighted blue lettering across the top of the wall, which said:
TERESA CROYLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Everyone stood and applauded for long moments. A few astute Detectives noticed that Cindy was openly crying... and so was I...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Cindy and I went in to the remodeled front lobby, walking slowly amongst the other guests. On the left side wall was a large portrait of Teresa, in her formal Town & County Police Chief uniform, with the Medal of Valor around her neck. It was one of Marie Steele's very best works.
There were other photos of Teresa on display for today, taken over the years. The old photo of her and Alexis as teenagers having won their race was one of them, next to the photo of Teresa and Cindy after they'd won the Triathlon together.
"That one is my favorite." I said, pointing to the photo of Cindy, Tanya, and Teresa side-by-side-by-side, their hands in a prayer or Namaste formation, taken during a most very special occasion. My three Angels...
We went on through the glass doors on the other side. What had been the front porch of the Hospital was now an enclosed little park. The flat, polished granite block with Teresa's name, birth and death dates, and her accolades was lying before us; Teresa's ashes had been entombed here. A ring of poles with a chain running through them, forming a circle barely three feet off the ground, marked off the grave.
At the foot of the gravestone was the Eternal Flame, not unlike President Kennedy's at his grave. The Eternal Flame here now represented Teresa's undying Spirit, and her eternal hope that this Hospital that now bore her name would in her memory cure every child that came here.
And behind the head of the gravestone was a statue of two Angels... an exact replica of the one at Ward Harvester Park, but the girls's faces etched in even greater relief and more easily recognizable. Amy and Alexis would forever watch over Teresa.
"This is... so nice." Cindy said as she held onto my arm. "I can feel her presence, still here."
I nodded. "As long as that Flame burns bright, and this Hospital saves children's lives, she is here. And, Lord willing, she'll be here... for Centuries..."
"Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me, for centuries..."
Finis.
- COMMENTS
Ravey19about 2 years agoExcellent. Still a little concerned about police officers taking the law into their own hands but this is a war between good and bad so it's acceptable. Epilogue was brilliant and so moving, and has Jack Burke as vice president.
WifeWatchmanover 3 years agoAuthorThanks anon, your examples are spot-on.
TheDeepThinker - between the massive mail-in fraud, and the efforts to keep poll watchers from seeing what the counters (especially In Pennsylvania) were doing, there was enough fraud to change the outcome, especially if enough Dem votes were run through machines time and again, and no one able to see what was entered into the computers.
As to your assertion that it would take thousands to change the outcome, and you're saying it as 'proof' it could not have happened, that is EXACTLY my assertion: the Swamp, the Establishment of both Parties, were SO determined to defeat President Trump, that they DID have whoever they needed, including judges, do what was needed to be done.
And we now see how much collusion there was, as the Media and Social Media have combined to attack anyone who dares question the outcome. We are being called every vile name, our accounts canceled, our Free Speech suppressed... and that was BEFORE January 6th (which violence I condemn, by the way).
The evidence is there, TheDeepThinker, but I suspect you are refusing to see it, and will continue to refuse to see it, no matter what proof is there...
TheDeepThinkerover 3 years agoDo you have anything to offer besides conspiracy theories?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Those affidavits you mention? Few even allege to witness fraud. Many involve such allegations that the PA system was loud and felt like it was intended to distract them. The affidavits given so far by the Trump campaign amount to (at most) a few hundred votes being fraud. That doesn't come remotely close to extraordinary evidence explaining how tens of thousands of votes could be fraudulent in a single state, much less multiple states.
I am willing to admit I was wrong and that Joe Biden is not a legitimate president if extraordinary evidence can be presented. For example, in the Georgia recount, there were 18 two-member teams (one Democrat, one Republican) that compared each ballot signature with voter registration forms, passports, and other government-issued documents. Each team records the number of ballots they check in a log. If either team member thinks the signatures don't match, the ballot is flagged and sent to a special three-member team for further analysis. If you can get affidavits from enough team members to equal a total of 2000 votes saying the ballots they flagged were accepted without additional verification, that's enough for me. And that's just one of many ways.
In the end, it would require an unprecedented conspiracy involving tens of thousands of people, including the DOJ, Homeland Security, FBI, election observers, poll workers, governors, judges, clerks, security guards, and countless others.
Anonymousover 3 years agoI agree the election was stolen. Evidence?
Georgia...all observers and republicans sent home at 10:30 under the lie of water main break then seen on video pulling out ballot boxes from under a table and counting them.
Pennsylvania...elected officials changed election laws by decree and state Supreme Court upheld it. U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear 3 lawsuits which allowed ballots to be counted that were received AFTER deadline. Effectively changing federal law.
Wisconsin...after everyone went home 400k ballots were waiting for them that were not there when they left @ 2am.
At no time in our history has mail in balloting flipped the results of Election Day...until this year. It was done in 4 state elections. The leads in those states were statistically insurmountable and impossible to overcome. In each state percentage it was roughly a 51-49 split which means mail in ballots should have followed the same results, but magically over 80 percent went to Biden.
In 2000 Bush had a 1k vote lead over Gore and the mail in ballots after being counted for months after the election eas over shoes that Bush still won.
But yet Biden over am 700k plus votes in Pennsylvania an de 300k in both Michigan, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
