Kay Canfield This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Star-Gazette.COM - Garth Wade

   www.stargazettenews.com/apps/p - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/15/2007   Last Visited: 1/15/2007

   Kay and Andy Lyman with photos of their children who died too young, Todd, who died at 23, and Stacy, who died six days after her 35th birthday.
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   "If you had had an inkling of what would happen, you would never have wanted to be born," said Kay.
   
   Today, 63-year-old Kay and Andy, 62, are friends, talk often, share family gatherings and are smiling again.
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   Andy was Christmas shopping, and Kay was working at the Mansfield Veterinary Medical Center.
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   "Those kids went through hell," said Kay.
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   The 23-year-old came home that day visibly upset, apparently over a fight with his girlfriend, Kay said. She asked him what was wrong, and he didn't answer.
   
   Todd grabbed his dad's pistol, went out into the driveway and shot himself in front of his mother.
   
   Why would a highly intelligent man do that? The Lymans still don't understand. But they still hurt.
   
   "It's not something a mother should have to go through," said Kay.
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   The marriage that took root when Kay Canfield, a secretary at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., met Marine Staff Sgt. and Vietnam veteran Andy Lyman, ended in 1999.
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   Kay works for Blue Ridge Communications in Mansfield and shares her Mansfield home with her brother, Dan Canfield.
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   Andy and Kay are heroes to me because they chose to move on despite their awful losses.
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   "You have to put it into the hands of God," said Kay.

2. 2. Star-Gazette.COM - Garth Wade

   www.star-gazette.com/apps/pbcs - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/15/2007   Last Visited: 1/15/2007

   Kay and Andy Lyman with photos of their children who died too young, Todd, who died at 23, and Stacy, who died six days after her 35th birthday.
   ...
   "If you had had an inkling of what would happen, you would never have wanted to be born," said Kay.
   
   Today, 63-year-old Kay and Andy, 62, are friends, talk often, share family gatherings and are smiling again.
   ...
   Andy was Christmas shopping, and Kay was working at the Mansfield Veterinary Medical Center.
   ...
   "Those kids went through hell," said Kay.
   ...
   The 23-year-old came home that day visibly upset, apparently over a fight with his girlfriend, Kay said. She asked him what was wrong, and he didn't answer.
   
   Todd grabbed his dad's pistol, went out into the driveway and shot himself in front of his mother.
   
   Why would a highly intelligent man do that? The Lymans still don't understand. But they still hurt.
   
   "It's not something a mother should have to go through," said Kay.
   ...
   The marriage that took root when Kay Canfield, a secretary at the Pentagon in Washington D.C., met Marine Staff Sgt. and Vietnam veteran Andy Lyman, ended in 1999.
   ...
   Kay works for Blue Ridge Communications in Mansfield and shares her Mansfield home with her brother, Dan Canfield.
   ...
   Andy and Kay are heroes to me because they chose to move on despite their awful losses.
   ...
   "You have to put it into the hands of God," said Kay.