People say that life is short and not to waste it on the little things of life. I learned that the hard way. Death is something that people go through all the time, but most people when they think of death, think of older people that were sick or old and couldn't go on any longer. Normally, they don't think of a 14 year old girl and her family. In January 2002, Alexandra Wake was a victim of a murder-suicide that involved three generations of a family in Ardmore, Pa where I grew up. Her stepfather Michael Burgess shot his wife, in-laws, stepdaughter Alexandra, and then turned the gun on himself. This event will forever have affect on how I live my life.
I was sitting at home and I was watching the news. A story came on with the headlines, "Whole family in Ardmore killed by angry step-father". I didn't think anything of it because I knew it could not have been anyone I knew. But I stayed and watched. I will never forget the story. The police received a 911 call from......

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Title: Life's Short
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