Neketia laughs with friend Colleen Bearup, left, while playing cards with the children. "I have two boys to raise," said Neketia. "And I'll be damned if I'm going to raise them in bitterness, anger, and hatred because that's not what life is about." "They Stole So Much More" On the night of September 21, store clerk Monir Alyatim was fatally shot during a robbery while working at Saba's Mini Mart in Flint, Mich. Alaytim left behind a wife of ten years and two small children. With her husband's death, Neketia was thrust into her new role as a single mother and the responsibility of picking up the pieces.