What a courageous woman she is. Just a few weeks ago, I was joking around with her. Now she's no longer with us. I still have a lot of unanswered questions that I needed answers from her about. About how to live life, about how to be a better person, about how I could be as good as her. I wish she could be here with us the day Criselda and I have kids, when we grow older and need advice on how to raise them. I wish she was still right here with me bugging me to drive more carefully, about how not to be so messy, about sleeping more early, about being nice to others. I know I was not the most perfect son, but to me she was the most perfect mother. She was the most selfless person I know. She dedicated her life to everyone around her and loved every minuted of it. She was a good luck charm to Kung. She helped me with everything I needed. I want her to still be here. I don't know how to do everything I need to do. So many what if's. What if there was a better treatment? What if she had another chance. My only solace is that I know that she is no longer suffering. No longer having the pain of chemo therapy and radiation. No more IV's in her arm, no more machines breathing for her. No more sedation keeping her from comunicating to us. I only wish that our time with her was less brief. I only got to know my mom for 25 years. I cherish every moment I had with her, good or bad. Mom, thank you for always being there for me. Thank you for always standing up for me even when I was wrong. Thank you for always cleaning up my messes. Thank you for always understanding my mistakes. Thank you for never being too upset with me. Thank you for worrying about me. Thank you for fighting the long and hard battle that you did so you could be there for us just that much longer. Thank you for being the greatest mother in the world. I miss you so much and love you even more. I know that you are up in heaven with Po, Uncle Jerry and everyone else who we love that has passed. God will take care of you now. Please never forget us because we will never forget you.

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RIAA Sues….

A Rockmart family is being sued for illegal music file sharing, despite the fact that they don’t even own a computer.

A federal lawsuit filed this week in Rome by the Recording Industry Association of America alleges that Carma Walls, of 117 Morgan St., Rockmart, has infringed on copyrights for recorded music by sharing files over the Internet. The lawsuit seeks an injunction and requests unspecified monetary damages.

The lawsuit states, “Plaintiffs are informed and believe that Defendant, without the permission or consent of Plaintiffs, has used, and continues to use, an online media distribution system to download the copyrighted recordings, to distribute the copyrighted recordings to the public, and/or to make the copyrighted recordings available for distribution to others.”

This came as shocking news to the Walls family, who were notified of the lawsuit Friday afternoon by a newspaper reporter. James Walls, speaking on behalf of his wife and family, said they have not been served with legal papers and were unaware of the lawsuit.

After being shown a copy of the court filing, Walls said he found the whole thing bewildering.

“I don’t understand this,” Walls said. “How can they sue us when we don’t even have a computer?”

Walls also noted that his family has only resided at their current address “for less than a year.” He wondered if a prior tenant of the home had Internet access, then moved, leaving his family to be targeted instead.

However, the RIAA’s lawsuit maintains that Carma Walls, through the use of a file-sharing program, has infringed on the copyrights for the following songs: “Who Will Save Your Soul,” Jewel; “Far Behind,” Candlebox; “Still the Same,” Bob Seger; “I Won’t Forget You,” Poison; “Open Arms,” Journey; “Unpretty,” TLC; No Scrubs,” TLC; and “Saving All My Love for You,” Whitney Houston.

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