You have been in our hearts and minds for quite some time. Your disappearance was a tragedy, and one which brought many to tears, as we heard your story unfold like a journal entry you had kept to be released throughout your time away. We feel your anguish for having a confusing life, to say the least. It must have been shocking to try and live in a new city where you have not been able to connect to the youth that await the bell to ring in class in order to have fun after class. When I read of your separation from your family in 2003 where you had to live with relatives, I am horrified by the thought that you were not getting the comfort every child needs from a father or mother. Then, all of the sudden you are whisked away from your caregivers and told to live a new life in Toronto, Canada. There is great opportunity here, but it is not simple for people who have lived here their whole lives, so how on earth could you possibly jump right into this society and make friends.
We never knew Mariam, yet with her disappearance a whole world was behind your every potential move. Mariam sightings were happening throughout the world, yet you lay in a place common to golf swings way beyond one season. It is horrible to think you couldn`t reach out to someone to try and halt this from happening. When I first heard of the news, it was said that there were branches covering you. If this is the case, it must not have been a suicide. But, I have not read that in the papers, only hearsay, and with that fact and the evidence presented it truly does seem like a suicide. This world is scary for people at that age. We seem to go through moments of change then and if we find it to be too shocking, we end up killing ourselves. It is such a shame that we have a mother and father, along with a brother who now have an answer which only solidifies the worst thoughts.
Mariam, you will not be forgotten. I am mad that you have died, as you had a bright future. I truly feel that this is a lesson though and that we should make sure that people have their family close to them at all times, and when you notice that something is not right, action must be taken to help those we love. She was reclusive her last few months, and it is too bad that she felt uncomfortable in telling her own parents about it. There is a reason for this death, and it will never truly be known. I just hope that Mariam is resting in peace somewhere that holds no pain, and a place which opens the door of opportunity.
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