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Grieving Father Memorializes 6-Year-Old Daughter…and Has Kind Words for CT Killer’s Family

Dec. 15, 2012 7:30pm
Robert Parker Memorializes 6 Year Old Daughter Emilie Killed in Connecticut School Shootings

(Photo: Facebook/Emilie Parker Fund)

Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, the father of a 6-year-old gunned down in Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut told the world about a bright little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling– reserving surprising words of sympathy for the gunman’s family.

Robbie Parker’s daughter Emilie was among the 20 children who died in the one of the worst schoolyard attacks in U.S. history. He was one of the first parents to speak publicly about their loss.

“She was beautiful. She was blond. She was always smiling,” he said.

Parker spoke to reporters not long after police released the names and ages of the victims on Saturday, a simple document that told a horrifying story of loss.

He expressed no animosity or anger, offering only prayers for the family of the man who killed 26 people and himself.

Robert Parker Memorializes 6 Year Old Daughter Emilie Killed in Connecticut School Shootings

Robert and Alissa Parker leave the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire House in tears after a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. (Photo: AP)

Parker remarked, struggling with every phrase, on Saturday:

It’s a horrific tragedy, and we want everybody to know that our hearts and our prayers go out to them– this includes the family of the shooter.  I can’t imagine how hard this experience must be for you, and I want you to know that our family, and our love and our support goes out to you as well.

At this time our thanks go out to so many people…My daughter Emilie would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving her love and support to all those victims, because that’s the type of person that she is.  Not because of any parenting that my wife and I could have done, but because those were the gifts that were given to her by her Heavenly Father.

As the deep pain begins to settle into our hearts, we find comfort reflecting on the incredible person that Emilie was, and how many lives she was able to touch in her short time here on earth.

Emilie was bright, creative, and very loving.  Emilie was always willing to try new things– other than food.  She loved to use her talents to touch the lives of everyone she came into contact with.  She was an exceptional artist, and she always carried around her markers and pencils so that she never missed an opportunity to draw a picture or make a card for those around her.

I can’t count the number of times Emilie noticed someone feeling sad or frustrated, and would rush to find a piece of paper to draw them a picture, or to write them an encouraging note.  ​[Emphasis added]

Robert Parker Memorializes 6 Year Old Daughter Emilie Killed in Connecticut School Shootings

This photo posted to the Emilie Parker Fund Facebook page shows Emilie Parker and her father. (Photo: AP)

Parker proceeded to discuss what a remarkable mentor Emilie was to her two little sisters, ages 3 and 4, and how she loved teaching them how to “read, dance, and find the simple joys in life.”

“Emily’s laughter was infectious, and all those who had the pleasure to meet her would agree that this world is a better place because she has been in it,” he said of his daughter.

Parker concluded by saying we cannot let tragedies define us.

Struggling to maintain his voice, he urged:

“Let it [be] something that inspires us to be better, to be more compassionate and humble people.  Let us please keep the sentiments of love that we feel for our families, and the compassion that we feel for others– even complete strangers– and keep them with us at all times, not just in times of sorrow and tragedy.  And may we do this so that we can better all of our communities, and all of our cities and all our states, so we can make everyone, everywhere in this country feel safe.”

Watch Parker’s complete remarks, via CNN, below:

And here is the subsequent “question and answer” session.

In it, Parker explains why his last conversation with his daughter was in Portuguese, and how God could not have taken away the shooter’s free will to prevent the tragedy:

​The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • usmc1063
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:37pm

    That single statement took more courage than anyone could ever imagine. He had lost his little girl yet he showed his true Christian values. Mr.Parker my heart and prayers go out to you and you family.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:34pm

    There’s a great Hymn titled “Farther Along”.
    Brad Paisley’s rendition is the best.

    Even the toughest guy will need a tissue to listen to it.
    This song explains everything, and will help you through these troubling times.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvVVvlVKGBw

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    • neverending
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:59pm

      You are so right -the song says it all.

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:49pm

      Good Song “Lead”
      Just to add a bit of levity…I was in a church once on Father’s Day and some one asked if anyone knew a father’s day song. One old man spoke out and said, “How about Farther Along.” Moron!

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:24pm

    I cannot begin to imagine the strength it took for him to speak about his tragic loss but God works in mysterious ways sometimes. It is obvious that he knows God will carry them and the entire family through. Such a tragedy – 6 and 7 year olds – I can only believe the shooter was demon possessed in order to carry out such a heinous crime. My entire family weeps with every family and friends that are living this nightmare and our prayers will be nonstop for each and every one of them. God bless them and may they feel His unconditional love.

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:08pm

    Mike Huckabee said it best tonight. ” When you force God out of your country you invite Satan in “

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:03pm

    The shock on the father’s face as he and his wife leave the fire house says a lot. I hope that their family are able to survive this horrific, senseless act. It must be hard to explain this to Emilie’s two younger sisters. Such sadness for all the families involved.

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  • LadyGOP
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:53pm

    There are some truly remarkable people coming out of this tragedy. And this gentleman is certainly one of them.

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:49pm

    Monk how did you get their IP address?

    The systems administrator for “The Blaze” could do it if they wanted to.

    I got to believe The Blaze Staff/management is not worth the time spent to purge a troll due to cost or other reasons

    I know that debate would not be quite as inflamed if we did not have some of these trolls.

    I really think these trolls job is entrapment. They go out purposely say things to inflame people as a lefty or ads a false flag & then get s screen shot of people who they tick off.

    Other, well they just enjoy messing with people. Heck they probably hassled special needs kids at school or the least popular kids because they got off on it. They internet was a boon for their self importance.

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  • Treadingonyou
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:48pm

    A look at just some of the history of BLAZE posters and how they REALLY feel about teachers:

    In attacking teachers NIGEL2 wrote “They have always put themselves ahead of the students. It is good they now make it obvious for the world to see.”

    REAL TRUE AMERICAN: “If they can’t fire them, just don’t pay them they will look for work some where else….”

    JOLLYLAMA” “FIRE THEM ALL and Destroy the Union – Pleny of qualified people who would love the work!”

    TUNDRA4X4: “Fire every last one of them!!!!!! No unemployment benifits, etc…… Then you cancel the school year and make everyone of the students take the year over again.”

    OOKSPAY: “It is ironic that teachers are beloved and remembered so fondly by so many yet they are the main reason for many states going bankrupt.”

    FOX news on teachers: “Regardless of the greed-based, almost slightly sociopathic job bankers did wrecking our economy, those people were there every single day, 12 months a year. Not that nine month bullsh*t!”

    Megyn Kelly of Fox News recently argued teachers don’t deserve as much money because they “don’t work as much.”

    I guess the women teachers who literally put themselves “ahead of” their students are just more union thugs for you to demonize.

    Just some examples of how the BLAZE readers despise teachers and called them thugs and “half-day” hacks for years. Now, suddenly you love them.

    Tea Bag creeps. Secede. Please!

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    • ConstitutionalWear
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:06pm

      You are so off base here it’s SAD!

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    • HelloWorld
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:13pm

      Completely inappropriate comments by Treadingonyou but, your call name says it all.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:52pm

      This guy cut and paste his own comment from another story about this tragedy and put it here. So on top of everything else, he is lazy.

      He has obviously been storing little quotes from the last two months that he has been here to further his aim of belittling and inflaming posters and readers. His screen name is also indicative of his intentions and goals.

      He clearly fits the criteria of a paid troll.

      Take a look at his comments. This is the sort of person who voted in Mr Obama. This is the president’s base.

      I am certain that there are some reasonable democrats out there and this guy must humiliate and embarress them. It may be enough to persuade them to cease their support for a party that increasingly moves further and futher left towards a socialist state.

      Treadingonyou and his paymasters are damaging themselves and adding credibility to the right.

      So, thanks guys, all help is appreciated.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:58pm

      And, it should be noted, this troll conducts his little vendetta against his betters on a story of almost unbearable tragedy, loss, and sadness.

      That alone speak volumes about Treadingonyou’s shriveled soul.

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    • bumpkin
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:04pm

      Well, aren’t YOU a bitter one! You quote a FEW people who have the RIGHT to express their emotions and then try to demonize everyone who shows up here. Aren’t you pitiful?! I feel so sad for you. I hope your heart opens up and warms at some point in the near future. Look. When someone expresses how they feel, they are expressing EMOTIONS connected to a moment in time. EMOTIONS, in case you were wondering and do not understand this, are fleeting, come-and-go-things that cannot be sustained forever. They change. Period. So, the people you attack today may be the only ones who love you tomorrow. Try to grasp that, if you will, and forgive a little. And grow up.

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    • copatriots
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:22pm

      Oh look how sophisticated our trolls are becoming……and how well funded to track our comments.

      Hey TreadingCoward, here’s one for you…..

      How ’bout you take a bullet for a 6-year old then come impart your wisdom and life experience to us?

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 12:15am

      and THIS is what YOU take away from THIS?

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    • LDSmommy
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 2:04am

      Really, what do any of the former comments mean in regards to this? Do you think anyone changed their view of the unions? No. The teachers from this school acted as heroes. Their union affiliation, their jobs…none of that matters or changes the fact that they lost their lives to save innocent children from a young man who was very, very sick. Your comment doesn’t make any of us look bad, or like we’re flip-flopping. It makes you look like the cold-hearted, soulless monster that you are. The fact that you and your ilk even contemplated commenting like this on an article where a man honors his daughter in such a beautiful way, on any article about this, proves everything we’ve all been saying for years. You are EVIL.

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 8:08am

      This story is about a beautiful little girl that had her whole life ahead of her and who had her life tragically cut short by a senseless act of violence and you decide to use that to make a cheap political point. You are disgusting. You’re not cool. You’re not hip. You’re not edgy. You’re not even a liberal. You’re a machiavellian fascist piece of trash that uses the death of an innocent little girl to make your pathetic talking points. And on top of all of that, you’re lazy. Copy and paste comments aren’t cool. I guess that when you’re a pathetic, miserable, low-life puke, that’s all you can bring to the table. You certainly don’t bring class, dignity, or honor to the table. Now slither back to your mother’s basement so you can get off on watching youtube videos of Keith Olbermann and brag to your snarky internet friends ( I highly doubt that a slimy troll like yourself would have any “real-world” friends ) about how you used the death of a little girl to further your political agenda. Your family must be so proud of you. GO AWAY!

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    • Wigglypoff
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:41pm

      Sir, it is the union which is the problem not the teachers. There are many ppl in unions who are forced to be in the union; that’s why right to work is important!! Now, I’d like to know what your devisive talk has to do with this. It’s this stupid bickering that is part of the problem. We are Americans and we should stand on the side of what is right and with each other. Now can we get back to what the story was about. Btw saying tea baggers is just hate speech.

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    • Wigglypoff
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:45pm

      I noticed you didn’t mention anything about his Christian values or attack them in anyway like you usually attack Christians in your hate speech. Please try to stay on subject for now on. Thank you.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:35pm

    CALLING ALL WHITE HAT HACKERS THAT WANT TO SHUT DOWN A NIGERIAN IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT POSTS EVERY DAY HERE. THEIR IP ADDRESS IS 98.126.39.196

    PLEASE REPLY TO ME HERE IF YOU WANT AND I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS IF YOU NEED THEM !!

    That’s right troll…. You are not welcome here anymore. : )

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  • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:31pm

    This man made cry….how is possible to continue living after this?, I think I couldn’t do it. Please God, be with them!!

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Mr Parker is a class act. I hope he finds healing.

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    • may40
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:27pm

      God doesn’t give us the grace until we need it. I pray that He continues to touch each of these families that lost their babies yesterday with His love, peace and strength. My heart just breaks each time I read an article on this tragedy. I can’t take anymore.

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    • bumpkin
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:10pm

      Mr. Parker and family have the strength of GOD with them. Although this will be forever hard for them, they will eventually heal enough to go forward. The fact is, we are all here for only a short time. We ALL die, and while I am a Mommy, too, and it will nearly kill me if someone steals the life of any of my children, too, I know that in time, I would be able to still place one foot in front of the other enough to live out the remainder of my life here, because I, too have the power of GOD with me, and I also know that I will be reunited with my loved-ones in Heaven. The strongest people on Earth are the ones who have GOD inside them.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:48pm

      Having had a son who was murdered, I can tell you how it is possiblle to go on. You have to do so for your family, to honor the child you lost, To keep the person who murdered your loved one from taking your life as well andvruiningnthe lives of your whole family. For me, my faith in God and belief in an afterlife also helped me to go on. The pain never stops. When incidents like this happen, I share the pain of those who lost the children and hurt for them and with them, knowing what they face and the strength and determination it takes to endure.

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    • KangarooJack
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 12:11am

      Angelcat, I’m sorry. I have no words. No solice.

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    • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 12:17am

      Beautiful posts. Thanks for teaching me. Angelcat…..Any word would sound empty, so all I can say is God bless you from the bottom of my heart. May God be with you and your family for the eternity!

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  • Coach54
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:22pm

    Robbie Parker has a remarkable understanding of God’s soverignity – “God could not have taken away the shooter’s free will to prevent the tragedy” – Mr Parker understands that God had absolutely NOTHING to do with what happened. Nor did He approve or ‘allow’ it to happen. Forgiveness is the only way to break the chains of horror and pain.Our prayers are for all the families involved.

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    • dado7
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Coach – I can’t imagine to begin how this father feels at the loss of his daughter. However, we have to understand that our Heavenly Father did allow this to happen. God’s Providence and man’s free will come together in this mystery we call life. We don’t know why God would permit this, but we must remember His ways are not our ways. Suffering is a mystery that we must embrace. As Christians, we know that our Heavenly Father “willed” that Christ would suffer and die on the Cross. The ultimate result of that suffering is our salvation. We should not be surprised then that God permits and dare I say even sends suffering to us. It’s an opportunity for us to share in Christ’s suffering and to imitate His love and obedience to the Father’s will. We may never understand it, but all we can do is hold on to Christ and pray that by accepting this suffering God will bring good out of it.

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    • LDSmommy
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 1:56am

      DAD07-Thank you. I needed to read your post. I’ve been pulling the “why would God allow this” card since yesterday. I am saving it to read when I forget. You are a blessing.

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    • mauijonny
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 3:38am

      The most meaningful thing Mr. Parker said, and what I’ve been telling myself and other folks, is that the greatest gift God gave us is Free Will. How we choose to use it is up to us. It is the question of our time…

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  • nzkiwi
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:22pm

    Out of all the stories that I’ve read about this dreadful tragedy, this is the one that got to me the most…

    Bless this family.

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  • DamoclesAurelius
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:20pm

    From the vocabulary he used (and the fact he knows Portuguese) my guess would be the father is LDS.

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    • Lady in the West
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:08pm

      You are correct. The Parker’s are originally from Ogden, UT. KSL, from Salt Lake City, reported on this family’s story last night. A woman from Connecticut posted on KSL’s facebook page that she attended a special service at their local LDS Stake Center last night (Friday) in memorial of this tragedy where Robbie Parker spoke about his loss and his daughter.

      We need God in our lives. I find it reassuring that after such evil, so many people went to their churches last night to find comfort and peace from a God who loves us all. I believe in the innocence of these children and I believe they are being loved and cherished in heaven. This knowledge is the best way I can imagine that would help me get through this kind of tragedy. May God bless everyone who is suffering.

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    • katiefrankie
      Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:24pm

      I felt the same thing when I read this father’s comments – he must be Mormon. I am a Mormon too, and this is what we believe. The picture of this little girl with her sisters could be my nieces and it made my heart clench in my throat – how grateful I am to know my sweet girls are safe, but I pray I would react with as much Christlike love as this father did.

      We believe in our Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement, in our Father in Heaven, and that we are all children of God. I’m certainly not perfect, but I hope I can face life’s trials with similar grace and humility like this father.

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  • Meemster
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:14pm

    He is a better man than I am. My adult son was killed and even with faith I cannot forgive those responsible. It is a pain that cannot be explained.

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    • stage9
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:19pm

      I can’t even bear to watch the video. It makes me sick to my stomach. I just can’t imagine going through this.

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    • GlezeleVayne
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:32pm

      I am sorry for your loss. Was your son killed during this incident, or another??

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    • The Giver
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:35pm

      It took me 30 years to forgive something. Now I am free and I release the person too. It is through forgiveness that that person has a chance of really knowing God. What is bound on earth is bound in Heaven. Read the Scriptures over and over.

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    • Neils60
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:51pm

      You’re correct, the Fox News Channel reported that he’s a Mormon.

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    • Doug
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:06pm

      Meemster,

      We lost our son in 1993. Hit by a car that drifted out of the road and took him out with the mailbox. He was getting the mail from right after asking me if he could. I was with him when he took his last breath. It was the worst day of my lisf and in a certain way, the best. In so many words, God broke my heart to mend it like a physician might re-break a bone in order to set it properly.

      God also allowed me to get a glimpse of His heart and that of Abraham when he was asked to sacrifice Issac. I’ve often wondered, and there is real no specific scriptural basis for this but when Jesus cried, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (?!?!?!?) did God the Father say, “Jesus!! Jesus, Where are you?” when sin separated them? Dunno because we don’t really understand all that stuff but I do get the pain a little.

      So sorry for yours.

      Gayle Erwin wrote “The Jesys Style” and you can get it for free at http://www.servant.org/. Inside he had one sentence that really might help you. He remarked that when we truly forgive others we remove from them their ability to hurt us. I liked that and would suggest you grab a copy of that book.

      Let go of your pain or it will eat you up. Let go.

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  • HollyRye
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:08pm

    Such a young man to speak with grace, dignity and trust in God. This family will make it. It won’t be easy, but they know from whence their strength comes from.

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  • The Giver
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:05pm

    This guy lives the Word. Love, compassion, forgiveness, even for the gunman’s family. His little baby girl was very loved. He will see her again and he knows it.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:03pm

    CALLING ALL WHITE HAT HACKERS THAT WANT TO SHUT DOWN A NIGERIAN IDENTITY THEFT RING THAT POSTS EVERY DAY HERE. THEIR IP ADDRESS IS 98.126.39.196

    PLEASE REPLY TO ME HERE IF YOU WANT AND I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS IF YOU NEED THEM !!!

    That’s right troll…. You are not welcome here anymore. : )

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  • girlnurse
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:02pm

    Wow….Just wow….what a family…what an amazing father! He really took the time to know his little girl. He knew exactly the person she was and he noticed every bit of goodness she had. Her talents, her personality, her loving heart. And she was obviously an angel on her way home to be in the arms of Jesus. I am so impressed. I am so touched by this fathers love.

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  • OutOnTheTiles
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:59pm

    Different people handle tragedy and grief differently. How this father held it together to speak this soon after the tragedy is hard to comprehend. What a strong person. I wouldn’t be able to, I know that for sure. What a heartbreaking tragedy this all has been.

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    • The Giver
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:29pm

      He is being strong now, but I hope he lets himself collapse into God’s arms when it is too physically hard to bear. God will be there for him. Emily is in paradise now. There are promises in the Bible about our afterlife. The 700 club has had many episodes focused on life after death and people that have come back, even a child. He saw his sister who was lost through a miscarriage that he did not know about. One day, he was talking to his mom and said that he had two sisters. One here and one in Heaven. That he didn’t like the way she kept hugging him when he was in Heaven. The mom flipped because she had never told him and it was not discussed at home. There is more to this life than meets the eyes. He will see his Emily again.

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    • John1-1-5
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 8:42pm

      I believe it was God’s grace on him & rather than his human strength, that is the only explanation I can think of

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    • OutOnTheTiles
      Posted on December 15, 2012 at 9:28pm

      Even with the help of God, situations like this can try the faith of even the strongest person.

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  • SaturdaysWarrior76
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:56pm

    This family is enduring the loss of sweet Emilie with dignity and grace, but most of all forgiveness.

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  • OldSurfRat
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:48pm

    I’ve been trying to keep a stiff upper lip but this childs pictures got the best of me.
    Tears started and I could not even have a clear thought.

    I do regret that this POS took his own life and a cop did not get to land the killing shot.
    I dont like that he died on his terms and not on anothers terms.

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  • saranda
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:45pm

    Robert Parker showed more courage and dignity than I have witnessed in many years.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:39pm

    GOD BLESS YOU! Thank you two for being parents, real parents, to Emily. Our hearts and prayers are with you all. Emily is SAFE AT HOME WITH HER/OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND HE WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH. We are so terribly sorry for your pain and loss. Please let our words be of some comfort to each of you on the darkest days.

    In JESUS’ PRECIOUS AND MIGHTY NAME we do pray, amen.

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  • skippy6
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:37pm

    Speechless!!!!

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  • freedomisasfreedomdoes
    Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:35pm

    What an amazing family. A horrible tragic loss.

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