A mother recounts her unthinkable experience after her thirteen-year-old son murders his little sister-and her struggle to emerge from devastation. Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine-but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was thrust into this unimaginable situation when her thirteen-year-old son, Paris, murdered her beloved four-year-old daughter, Ella. Charity goes through … [Read more...]
Charity Lee On Her Motivation For Telling Her Story
Once in the past … Actually most days. Ok. Every day. To be entirely honest, it is every day since I acquired working retainable memory. Every day, I awake only to find myself broken by day end. Then broken again. And again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. Infinitely, maddening, nightmarishly beautiful, yet again. This has happened for years. This will continue for years. This has happened over so many years, it … [Read more...]
Charity Lee On “Making Something Beautiful Come Out of My Family’s Ugliness”
Writing this book was an experience that was gut-wrenching, humbling, and ultimately rewarding. It also reminded me of many things, some I didn’t want to be reminded of. One day years ago, as I stood on my back deck, in the sunshine, watching my dog play with the cats in the grass, I had an epiphany. They are common in my life but, contrary to popular belief, epiphanies don’t always bring a peaceful understanding of an issue. Sometimes they … [Read more...]
Charity Lee
Charity Lee Photo Credit: Ben Easter Charity Lee is the subject of the award-winning documentary The Family I Had, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Fest, and has been distributed worldwide and viewed by millions. She is the author of her memoir, How Now, Butterfly?, that tells her tale of Hell and back. Charity is the daughter of a murdered father, daughter of an acquitted mother, mother of a murdered daughter, and mother of a … [Read more...]
