I (Rachel Embrich) dedicate this website to my mother (Peggy Fleming) and my grandmother (Dorothy “Dottie” Watson). I am hoping that it will affect many people. However, if I know that it has helped just one individual, then I feel that I have accomplished my goal. The purpose of this website is to provide a tool to people who are trying to seek help. Domestic Violence is a DEADLY epidemic, that is affecting the whole world, and something needs to be done. We need better laws; laws that are enforceable and effective; laws that can save lives! Please get help before it is too late.
Dottie and I had a very special grand mother/granddaughter relationship. As a child, it was always a treat going to Nana’s house. I would look forward to spending quality time together. Dottie was very active within her church; she loved being involved. She made me the Christian, I am today and I know that she is with her savior now looking down on me each and every day.
Peggy was a wonderful mother and my best friend. It was always so nice when she would come and meet me and my friends. She was always part of the group and we all enjoyed her company. I would look forward in seeing her because I enjoyed her company so much. We had the type of relationship where she new everything in my life. My mother was who I turned to for absolutely everything; we were alike in so many ways. She was more like my sister then my mother; people would take one look at us and know that we were related. God made her my mother but our hearts made us best friends. She was very outgoing, and had the biggest heart a person could have. My mother had so many friends that loved her dearly. She touched so many people’s lives, including my own. We all miss her more then words can describe.
Peggy and Dottie were both victims of violence. Peggy died on September 08, 2005 at the age of 47. Dottie died on September 14, 2005 at the age of 79. They were both shot by Peggy’s ex husband, in an act of domestic violence. She had divorced him and was about to move to another city, about an hour away. She and my grandmother were going to move away from him and begin their new life. Peggy was stalked, harassed, threatened, physically and mentally abused, and lived her life in fear each and every day. This man tapped her phone line and had a tracing device on her computer. She thoroughly documented all of his threats, and filed several reports with the police station. She even had an order of protection against him; this did not stop him from coming around. An order of protection does not always keep you safe; you must go beyond the law enforcements and seek other ways of help to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Peggy and Dottie were wonderful people, with very big hearts. A mother and daughter who, in a time of need, would reach out to anyone or anything! They had a tendency of bringing in stray animals, and caring for them as their own. I know in my heart that they are my guardian angels and will watch over me forever. I feel their presence everyday and talk to them all the time. These two women were my world. Sometimes I don’t know how life will ever be possible without them. But I know that it is through them, and my faith in God, that I will find the strength to get me through each and every day. They are in Heaven now, with the Lord, starting their new life. I know they are both dancing and watching over all there friends and family. They will truly be missed. They are now and always will be in my heart, and I will one day see them in Heaven. I miss them with all of my heart.
My story, and others like it, is why something needs to be done. Please, if you are a victim of violence, seek help if you know of someone that is a victim please be a friend, and help them to get out, before it is too late.
I would like thank everyone who has helped me put this website together. All of you have been so supportive. Thanks you, I am truly am blessed to have all of you in my life and I love all of you.
If you have lost someone very special, please visit we-remember-them.com and put there name on the memorial wall.
