Friends and family of Kelly Morris, a 28-year-old mother of two, who went missing from her Stem, N.C., home on Sept. 3, 2008, held a candlelight vigil Friday in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church in Creedmoor.
Over 200 people from the community came out to show their support for the Currin family.
Among those present was Kelly's best friend, Myra Wrenn, who read a speech that she had prepared earlier that day. Myra has shared a copy of that speech with Investigation Discovery. It reads in part:
"Good evening, everyone. My name is Myra. Kelly is a very dear friend to me and I would like to share a little story with you that Kelly and I once discussed:
The Dragonfly: Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions. Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their friend was gone forever. Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, she was determined that she would not leave forever.
She would come back and tell her friends and family what she had found at the top. When she reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, she was so tired, and the sun felt so warm, that she decided to take a nap. As she slept, her body changed and when she woke up, she had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying. So, fly she did! And, as she soared she saw the beauty of a whole new world and a way of life that was far superior to the one that she had known. Then she remembered her beetle friends and family and how by now they were thinking she was dead.
She wanted to go back to tell them, and explain to them that she was now more alive than she had ever been before. But, her new body would not go down into the water. She could not get back to tell her family and friends the good news. Then she understood that their time would come, when they, too, would know what she now knew. So, she raised her wings and flew off into her joyous new life!
"The dragonfly is symbolic of change and of being okay with it. I think that we all understand that we will be going through some changes. I just think that we need to step back and realize that this change, unlike this story, was NOT Kelly's decision, nor was it ours.
"This is my personal cry and plea to you all. Find Kelly in your heart, find Kelly's babies in your heart, and find Kelly's family in your hearts. No one ever thought that this would happen. No one. Just remember that this could have been any one of us or one of our family members. "Domestic violence has got to stop! And we can all join in together as one team: Team Kelly Currin Morris.
"Please send your blessings to Kelly, Kelly's family and to all of those who are working so hard to let Kelly raise her wings and fly off to her joyous new life and away from hurt."
Understandably, Myra has been having a difficult time dealing with the disappearance of her best friend. In an email she sent me last Tuesday, she shared some of her hurt and the difficulty of trying to understand what happened. Her message read in part:
"How do you just let go of the fact that someone so close to you, someone you talk to three, four, five times a day, is just gone with the flash of a light? ... This is a woman who lived every day of her life for her children. They were first priority always ... As a friend, I could not have asked for a better friend. She would be there for you at the drop of a hat. No hesitations. I mean we are talking about a woman who laughed with everything she had ... She had the utmost respect for her dad. She loved him and would do the exact same for him as he has for her ... I will do anything in my power to keep Kelly alive. And I pray every day that this is just a terrible nightmare and I wake up realizing that my sister by soul is still here with me. We have been through so many life changes together and I can't see being able to go through anything without her."
My heart goes out to Myra and the Currin family. I hope that they soon receive the answers that they seek.
Texas EquuSearch has officially announced a location for the command post in the search for Casey Anthony's missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.
The form will also be made available at the command post; however you can help save the organization both time and money by filling it out ahead of time and bringing it with you.
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