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Feb. 26, 2009 Yesterday, there was a memorial service for Caylee, the murdered two year old child. For the most part it was moving and touching and a respectful tribute to a little girl who should have lived a long, happy life. There were a couple of moments that marred this otherwise sad but necessary tribute. When Casey's (the mother and accused murderer of the child), parents and brother spoke the service turned very weird. Casey's father George asked that people not only pray for his accused daughter but should send her letters. Letters asking how she's doing, etc. Casey's mother also spoke to her daughter. The shocker was Casey's brother Lee who used the initials "CMA" when addressing either his fallen niece or his sister who both have the same initials. He was so impassioned in his words and emotions that it struck me as totally odd. It sounded more like a man speaking to a wife than a brother to a sister. It also struck me as odd that everyone else was wearing a button depicting the dead child's face and also one for the accused mother; but that Lee, the brother and uncle wore ONLY a button for his jailed sister and NOT for his murdered niece. He spoke of fulfilling a promise to "CMA" and telling this person that she had taught him how to be strong by setting an example for him. If he was speaking to his jailed sister that would be doubly odd since she has lied from day one, treated her parents horribly during their jail visits to her and acted without any emotion or thought to her dead child. She also stole from the family and others prior to being jailed. How is this person a good example of anything to anyone? She talks about herself and her own needs constantly and doesn't even refer to Caylee as her own child. I believe that ALL three of the Anthony's (Grandmother, Grandfather and Brother) know far more than they are saying about what happened to their Granddaughter/Niece and I hope that the Police, FBI and Prosecutor's office watched that service and took notes as to what was said. It is almost impossible to try and understand what that family is going through and I won't pretend to do so. They have lost a child in a horrible and violent manner and their daughter/sister is locked up and accused of killing that child. They are a very fractured unit and even though I want to feel compassion for them I am having difficulty doing so. I believe that if anyone is mostly in the dark as to what really happened it is probably George Anthony, the Grandfather, and he is the only member of that family that I have any sympathy for. The other's are peculiar and out of sync and they make me very uncomfortable just listening too and watching their actions and words. They will probably never be able to put their lives back to some semblance of normalcy unless they face the truth and confront what they know and/or suspect. Even though nothing will ever be the same for them, they will not move forward without the truth being told.
As a real tribute and memorial to that lovely little girl, I hope that the truth comes out and that she can rest in peace.
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