“Women are a vital voice,” said President M. Russell Ballard in a new Church video where he explains why all Church councils need to include and encourage the voices of women.
pretty much. she could feel it in her bones. something bad was coming. she felt powerless to do anything about it. i knew he was watching. here he comes again. life used to be much simpler for lottie. in the fall of 1995 she moved to cobb county, georgia, just north of atlanta. she lived in this house with her daughter christina. this is an upper scale neighborhood. me and christina were always outside. life was good. i was happy. their downstairs neighbors were carmen smith and her son, nick. five-year-old nick had a million dollar smile. kristin haran is carmen s sister. she was a gorgeous strawberry blond, feisty. very outgoing young woman who loved her son more than anything in the whole world. they were just
remember it pretty well. nick smith was only 5 years old when a masked man stabbed him 18 times and killed his mother, carmen. while recovering in the hospital, nick was told his mother was gone. do you remember your mom? not as well as i wish i did. most of my memories are just stories i ve been told from other people. carmen s sister kristin and her husband jim helped raise nick. bedtime stories were often about his beautiful mother. she was very athletic. she was into swimming, basketball, softball, track, and she was on the homecoming court, prom queen. she dated the football player. she was a cheerleader. i remember her liveliness. she was very vivacious. she did a good job of working and providing for nick. do you feel robbed? definitely. a lot of people
his chest. he was running and yelling down the street, call 911, call 911. call 911. lottie was at work when she got a frantic call from her daughter. she was hysterical. she was saying that nick was hurt and i drove home as fast as i could. i was screaming for christina and nick. they weren t there. lottie didn t see carmen either, but when police officers arrived at the scene, they made a terrible discovery. the vivacious flight attendant and devoted single mother was dead. she had been strangled. carmen smith was just 30 years old. you re just so shattered and hurting so bad and you re so thankful that your daughter s alive. but then you feel so bad what happened to nick and carmen. carmen s sister kristin and brother-in-law jim barely had time to process the news about carmen before learning that