People Like Chelsea King Are Made, Not Born

Over the past five days we read repeatedly that Chelsea was every parent's dream child - straight-A student, disciplined athlete, accomplished musician, peer counselor, and someone who brightened everyone's life.  (One of her school mates commended her on her kindness.) On the day she was attacked she had been up early to attend a peer counseling meeting before 7am, after performing in a concert the night before; and she still had the drive to put in a training session before going home to do homework.


Chelsea was an overtly good person, intent on making other people's lives better.  And you can bet that the lists of her attributes and accomplishment will never do justice to who she was.  People like Chelsea are greater than the sum of their parts.  And people like her do not happen by chance.  All the credit goes to her dear, loving parents, Brent and Kelly King.  May the sweet memories of Chelsea, their dream child, comfort them all the days of their lives.