Loss of a family Member
“THIS YEAR, I'M BREAKING AWAY FROM THE PACK.”
As | gaze around

And see lowered heads

| see eyes swelling

Of those about to cry

| see the hurt they feel

The feelings of loss

Some wander around in shock

Not beleiving it could happen here

For although she was with us

For only a short while

She was one of the UNBC Family

And we shall miss her in the years to come
We deeply regret the loss

Of someone so young

So full of life

And our prayers go out

And may she rest in peace

In God's tender loving embrace.

(sexsi MARCH 3” |

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Hello. My name is Anna. Let me tell you Who | Am. | am a young woman still. .. very young. | came all the way from Russia to be here. In Canada there is
much freedom of expression. As a modern woman | like that. You know, a lot of expectations were placed on me and | will admit that | was feeling afraid. |
thought to myself, will | make friends in this new country? Will | be able to understand the material in my classes? Will my parents and home university be
proud of what | accomplish?

Hello. My name is Anna. | am having a good time here in Prince George. | am afraid to say, though, | have made a mistake and it was a costly one. | don’t
know what came over me, and now | have no way out. | have caused shame to my family, both universities (here and at home), the people | have met here. .
. and mostly to myself. | made a mistake. Please don’t hate me. Please don’t be mad at me. I’m scared and | just can’t face the people | love or the people
in authority. My passport was confiscated and | am not allowed to go home for Christmas without it. | am so ashamed.

Hello. My name is Anna. It’s cold tonight and nearing Christmas. | thought the walk would do me some good but that mistake weighs heavily on my shoul-
ders, even still. It will forever. How could | have been so stupid! What was | thinking? Why, why, why... I’ve been crying for hours and have been trying to
decide what | will tell my parents. My mother has been bragging to her friends about me, her daughter, who is doing something with her life. I’m doing
something all right, but | don’t think this is what they had in mind when they said | could come to this beautiful Canada of yours.

Hello. My name is Anna. Do you forgive me? (I wanted to have children some day.) Do you see | am not a bad person? (I wanted to love in the highest
good.) Do you see that | have intelligence? (I-wanted to have a career.) Do you see that | have no other choice? | beg of you all, forgive me and please
think well of me.

Goodbye. My name was Anna.

By Sheryl Knight