Faithful readers, I have to confess that I was unable to attend the Asha Veil memorial service on Sunday due to a family emergency (which resolved okay, but involved going to the ER). I was there in spirit with all of you, though, and will have a private memorial in the next few days, where I will toss a leaf into our creek in memory of Asha and Anina. I was extremely sad not to go, but I will try to attend other gatherings and definitely will attend the murder trial if it is in town or a reasonable distance from here. Here is a post from the Ben Lomond Topix board by a person who uses the online name "Sunshine." I hope she does not mind my quoting her account of the service for those of us who could not attend:
"Last evening was lovely and heartfelt. Not as many people as we had all hoped, but a wonderful tribute to a beautiful young woman and her child. To my surprise there were four young women also from Poland that were friends with Asha that spoke and it was very inspirational. We gathered at the bridge and walked down around Hwy 9, down Mill Street to the park. A few of us had arrived early to set the table which was beautiful, a poster, beautiful flowers and a special blank book were there to honor Asha and her baby girl. People were invited to speak and share memories or storie of Asha, and to sign the book. The Father at the Episcopal Church had someone contact me to tell me that another Father would come and give a prayer, so we waited and visited, however he never did show up. We then invited everyone to come and take some flowers and walk down to where the river was close enough to throw the flowers in. It was very moving. At 8:00 PM the Ben Lomond Fire Department ran their sirens to close our memory vigil. A photographer and Jennifer Squires were there from the Sentinel, which also made it special as they printed a wonderful article in the paper this morning. After almost everyone had left, and there were just a few of us cleaning up, Richard, Asha's husband came down. He had dropped of his mother earlier and I had met them briefly, without knowing who they were. For some reason when he came down to the river to get his mother I asked if he was Richard. He replied yes. We all were glad to see him, he brought some little pamphlets/pictures of Asha to send to her mother. I will be sending the poster and pictures taken to her mother as soon as I receive them. Our hearts go out to Richard, his mother and of course Asha's family. Rose, the young lady that took pictures will be getting in touch with you to give you copies for the website. I am sorry that we did not identify ourselves last evening, I would have like to meet some of you. Maybe in the next few days we can close this website and when charges are made start a new one. On behalf of all of us I would like to thank all of you that brought flowers, Boulder Creek Flowers for their donation of flowers, "been there" for the beautiful table set-up, the fire station personnel for being there and sounding the sirens, Santa Cruz Parks Dept. for the special permit, Fish and Game for allowing us to throw flowers in the river, coverage by the Sentinel and Jennifer, BUT MOST OF ALL TO EACH OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE VIGIL AND ALL OF YOU THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO COME, BUT CAME IN SPIRIT. It is a special place to live in the San Lorenzo Valley...."
Thank you to all who organized this. We cannot forget Asha and Anina, and we wait for justice, which seems to be taking forever.
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