Oh no! My heart has just sunk deep within my chest. All i can think is...Not again!
I feel sick to my stomach.
The world around me at the present time seems to be off kilter. Like it's come off it's axis or something and these terrible things are happening in the world around me.
We were sitting down to our evening meal this evening & my middle son received a phone call from a very dear friend of his. She delivered very sad & disturbing news to him. His friend is in her early 20's had just learned that her mother had taken her life. It happened in a most terrible & unimaginable way.
She lives in Melbourne which is a 20 hour drive down south from Brisbane. He feels so disconnected, so far away from her right now & all he wants to do is wrap his arms around her to absorb some of her pain.
I didn't know her mother but I know this young lady & she has been a wonderfully supportive friend to my son.
She's so young, too young to be having to deal with this.
I feel so sad. .. so, so sad!
Why do these terrible things happen??
I feel this... hard to deal with... but makes a person stronger...
ReplyDeletedang...sorry...it is heartbreaking...i cn only imagine weht the son is feeling and thinking...
ReplyDeleteSo very painful. Suicide is something everyone struggles to understand, because it is so drastic and so permanent. I am very sorry for you and for your son and his friend who has lost her mother.
ReplyDeleteI have known three people who took their lives ... there is no answer. Unbearable pain that we knew nothing of .. the feelings of not being able to conquer the pain ... we will never really know.
ReplyDeleteThank you Opaque, Rick, Scott & Helen for your heartfelt comments.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure we'll really understand why someone feels so lost and without hope that they would end their life. I hope you, your son, and his friend find comfort, even though there may not be an answer.
ReplyDeleteSuch terrible news. My thoughts are with you and your family. Take care.
ReplyDeleteOH, I'm so sorry. :(
ReplyDeleteRick,KB & Betsy thank you so very much for your thoughts & kind words, they are deeply appreciated
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