In memory of Amber Kirwan?

This time last year my hometown had everything it knew turned upside down. The "safe town" that everyone thought New Glasgow was, was no more. This time last year New Glasgow was on a frantic search to try and find a missing 19 year old girl named Amber Kirwan who went missing when leaving the local Doolys. A little over a month later her body was found, and then within the next month they had the killer in custody.


I bring this up because on the one year anniversy of Amber going missing, New Glasgow released a tribute to her. A stone with her picture on it, with flowers, benches and a fence shaped like a heart, all in memory of Amber.

I understand that this was a big event for New Glasgow, but what makes Amber so much more important than the rest of the young girls who went missing over the years and never made it home? Why does her family get this tribute and not the rest of the families? I am not trying to say that this is a bad thing, or that i don't admire New Glasgow for coming together and making this happen, I am just saying that I don't see what makes her different from the rest of the girls, and that if they are going to make something in memory of Amber, then maybe they should think of all the other young people who went missing, and never made it back to their family.

I do believe that this was a very tragic event for our town, and most importantly Amber's family and friends, and I do admire the town for wanting to do something in her memory, I just think that it isn't fair for all the other families as well.