NoJoMo 19

11/19/2010

I was going to write a totally different entry than what I'm about to write, but I am still in shock and need to write this.

My Mother-in-Law called Al this morning and told him some really horrendous news. Our daughter's Tahnika's boyfriend George, the father of our grandson, was found murdered in a cemetery two blocks away from where they lived in Baton Rouge.

Al called Tahnika right away to talk to her and she is a wreck.

It seems that George was murdered for a portable DVD player and $15 in his wallet. Tahnika said she told him and told him, not to take that DVD player with him when he rode the free bus from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, but he wouldn't listen. He had to do it anyway, and it got him killed. The police have absoutely no leads at this point, and they may never catch the guy or guys who did this.

Like I said, I'm in shock. I'm just stunned. I don't even know what to say or do, other than tell Tahnika if she wants or needs to talk, to call me during the day because I'm home all day long. T is staying with friends right now who can help her out with Georgie. I'm glad she's at least got that. She's going to stay in Baton Rouge for the time being because there's a home health care nurse who comes every two weeks to check on the baby, weigh him, make sure he's being properly cared for and so on. She doesn't want to pick up and move while she has that going on. Later on down the road, who knows?

I told Al that when she thinks about moving, maybe tell her to move here because I'm home all day and can help her with Georgie. Al said, "I'm trying to get the fuck OUT of Illinois and you're trying to move people into it." "We're not going anywhere anytime soon, and if she needs help, I want to be able to help her." He rolled his eyes at me. That was the end of THAT conversation.

I feel like I want to DO something, and not just sit here. Like I should be there or something. Give Tahnika time to grieve the loss of her man while I take some of the burden off her for day-to-day things. Al would never let me go alone, not to that part of Baton Rouge. Staying with my MIL is one thing, but going to the projects in Baton Rouge, no.

Maybe I'll feel more like talking later and do an update on yesterday, not that there's much to tell. I just need to go sit and "be" for a while.