Gails Butterfly Bookmark
I was at a teenager's concert recently helping to chaperone some of the young people there. During a break in the music, one of the young women running the concert very bravely spoke to the very young audience on her brush with suicide. It is a topic no one wants to know about, yet so many people of all ages, are faced with it and a growing number of teenagers in particular. The young woman went on to say that at the last minute, she thought of her family, and how irrevocably her families life would be changed by this one action.
Luckily she was able to call for help. How insightful she was to have realised what an impact her loss would have meant to those who loved her. How blessed her family is to still have her. How lucky those teenagers were to hear her story. The message touched a tender cord in my husband's heart and my heart. That part in our heart will always be touched when someone tells of their story.
Unfortunately for our family, this wasn't the case. On the 28th November 2000, our family lost a beautiful woman; a sister, a mother, a wife, and daughter to suicide. On that day our family changed forever. As Dr Phil says, "Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem". If you are thinking of suicide, call someone now for help - you are so important to this world, and to your family - it just doesn't seem that way right now. Never give up. If you have lost someone to suicide, my heart goes out to you - I send you my love.
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