My heart is a little heavy this week. Early Christmas Eve morning, a family that has become part of the Liken family over the past few episodes, was driving home after a cast party for a production they were in. Their car was broad-sided by a drunk driver. The mother and the 15-year-old son died at the scene. The younger daughter was airlifted to a hospital, where she later died. The other three family members in the car suffered injuries, but nothing life-threatening.
The father, Gary (who played one of King Noah's priests in V4, the innkeeper in V5, and a Nephite in V8), was released first and had to break the news to the other two surviving children, Clarissa (who played one of the dancers in V4) and Caleb (who played Jarom, the exceptionally bright meteorologist boy in V8), about the extent of what had happened.
The three surviving family members, led by Gary, are handling their loss with such dignity and even compassion for the driver who hit them, that it is an inspiration to all who know them or have come to know them by the many news reports on the tragic accident and its aftermath.
We spent this morning in a meeting at the studio working on plans for efforts to benefit the family. We hope to help organize a benefit concert and benefit CD, along with donating proceeds of sales of our titles in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, they are in my prayers. If anyone would like to make a contribution to the family, we have helped to set up a website to facilitate that. It can be found here: http://www.ceranfamilyfund.com.
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