Columns, Opinion

GUEST COLUMN:  Honoring a memory

Special to the HT

MEEKER | For many years, my sister found my April 29 birthday excruciating. It was almost impossible for her to wish me a happy birthday. The dates sit too close. Her son, Casey Timothy Turner (born Sept. 17, 1963), died on April 30, 1976, at age 12, in a tractor accident. That was exactly 50 years and millions of tears ago today.

I have no real understanding, no full comprehension. I…