Priti Patel, Phillip Mongeau, and Ann Abraham
Recorded
October 23, 2019
Archived
October 23, 2019
38:35 minutes
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Id:
mby019312
Description
Best friends, Priti Patel (47), Phillip Mongeau (40) and Ann Abraham [no age given] discuss the day 10 years ago that they all became not just friends but also siblings. That day Priti's life changed forever, when her brother took the lives of both their parents and then took his own. They discuss how through this loss, they formed a non-profit, Our Seva, to give back to their community.Subject Log / Time Code
Priti (PP) describes walking into her home to find her mother, father, and brother deceased.
PP, Phillip (PM) and Ann (AA) all work in public safety. The people that came to their aid that day were their coworkers in Mesquite, TX.
PP remarks that her shoes were inside her house but because it was a crime scene, she could not fetch her socks and was barefoot.
PP's brother left a note, but PP says she already knew what had happened.
PP discusses needing to find her sister.
PP says she was never angry with her brother.
PP says that day they all became siblings and thanks PM and AA.
PP discusses wanting to start a non profit. They can all do something together with a strong sense of faith.
PP's talks about how her father was a huge influence to her. She needs to serve the community through "Our Seva".
PP mentions hearing her dad's voice "Our Seva."
AA talks about balance between October as a month of remembrance for PP, but also a time of resilience through the non profit.
PP talks about laying her head down, asking God to not take away her idealism, on that night October, 7th 2009.
They discuss the tenets of Our Seva: helping to provide for the homes of at need folks, food and shelter, basics, anything that's taken for granted.
PM speaks about the impact "Our Seva" has had on his kids.
They discuss former Mayor John Monaco of Mesquite TX, and the Lewisville TX service day.
AA describes faith, service, and community as characteristics of "Our Seva" and their community.
PP talks about how AA and PM are her safety, her life.
PM describes being called by PP's brother the morning it happened and believes he was likely the last person PP's brother ever talked to. He describes feeling like PP's brother passed on the brotherhood to him, and how he feels it was a gift.
Participants
- Priti Patel
- Phillip Mongeau
- Ann Abraham