Let us remember Bethena Brosz every
year on October 10 and May 3 every year. Justice was served as her killer; Steven Woods was executed on September 13, 2011.
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Bethena Brosz
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PRECIOUS
MEMORIES:
Bethena was
born October 10, 1981 in Dallas, TX at Baylor Hospital. During her school
years, she was in many Honors & Pre-AP classes and sang in Choir. She was
selected for Who’s Who in American High Schools and graduated high school with
a 3.82 GPA. She was working customer service for Web-TV subscribers &
taking her freshman year courses at UNT in Denton, TX. She wanted to go to
Colorado to study Astronomy for her degree.
One of the
last things I remember Bethena shopping for was a baby’s bathing suit (with
sandals to match) for her best friend’s little 8-month old daughter. Beth was a
very giving person who was always helping others. If a friend needed a ride to
buy groceries, to get to a job interview or to work, or to go to the doctor,
often she would even rearrange her schedule so she could get them there.
I was working at home for the last year and a half she was
alive, and she used to come home almost every day for lunch. Often she would
work on her schoolwork and sing in her beautiful voice for me until it was time
to go to work or back to class. I cannot find the words to explain how much I
will miss her sweet smile, the warm hug, the soft kiss on the cheek, and “I
love you, Mommy” that she gave to me every time that we parted (even if we were
“disagreeing”, as we all do at times with our teenagers).
The last
time that Bethena renewed her driver’s license, she had come to her sister
& me very upset that she could no longer designate herself as an organ
donor on that license. She was adamant that we make a promise to her. If
anything ever happened to her, she wanted us to make sure that her organs were
donated. She said if even one part of her could save one life & keep one
family together, that we should make sure it was done.
Our Beth
loved to write--especially poetry. She had 3 poems published, the first when
she was only 15 years old, and the last in March 2001 at 19 years of age. There
are probably hundreds that I have; this is one that I found in one of her
journals. She used to say that was how she worked things out—to write about
them. I think this is one of my favorites because it has so much meaning for
me.
INTERNET SOURCE: http://www.murdervictims.com/voices/Bethena_Brosz.htm
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