tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post1338318617010394310..comments2023-10-22T09:53:27.978-04:00Comments on Desert Year: Suicide and Death (Not for the Faint of Heart)Gannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-85507087030638575452009-09-17T18:27:38.783-04:002009-09-17T18:27:38.783-04:00Hugs and love to you and your whole family. How do...Hugs and love to you and your whole family. How doubly painful to not know that he was depressed or to be allowed to help, which each of you would have gladly done. The knowledge that suicide is a quick and impulsive decision, is an important insight. Your son made a devastating decision without meaning to hurt you, and without realizing its impact on either his family or himself.<br />How deeply frustrating and disappointing for you all to be rendered powerless by his clouded choice. There is so much we don't control, and it's truly beyond heartbreaking when it comes to the loss of your precious child. <br />My heart hurts for you. <br />KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519140951660677172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-43210418707739243722009-09-17T06:58:15.017-04:002009-09-17T06:58:15.017-04:00Your husband makes a valid point that I've nev...Your husband makes a valid point that I've never heard phrased that way before. <br /><br /><i>"I think we have both had thoroughly impressed upon us with the force of a tsunami a reality having to do with complete lack of control.</i>"<br /><br />World-shatteringly true, GG.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074990352248493598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-11791954669538368932009-09-17T01:21:40.042-04:002009-09-17T01:21:40.042-04:00I hate the crazy-making questions that can't b...I hate the crazy-making questions that can't be answered .. and continue to hold you in prayer.Rev SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661507940053055640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-25537435935667670802009-09-16T22:46:31.978-04:002009-09-16T22:46:31.978-04:00It is very hard to be smacked with the reality tha...It is very hard to be smacked with the reality that another person is another person, and whether it is your parent, your spouse, your child...you cannot ever know them completely, or hope to control even in a small way anything they do. This must be particularly difficult with a child...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-10876653609599858942009-09-16T10:42:51.893-04:002009-09-16T10:42:51.893-04:00The two quotes at the beginning of your post...are...The two quotes at the beginning of your post...are so very true. As you have written, the heart of the matter, is not the how...but the why. {{{{GG etal}}}}Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-14437777109838425852009-09-16T10:20:15.219-04:002009-09-16T10:20:15.219-04:00I have a good friend whose son also died by suicid...I have a good friend whose son also died by suicide, at age 18. I would like to share the information from friend of Gregarious Son. I think it would be greatly comforting to her. it's been 15 years but I know that time only dulls the ache and does not erase it in any way.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497144372216769216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-91344580575793208852009-09-16T07:37:54.372-04:002009-09-16T07:37:54.372-04:00Thinking of you and your 10,000 troubling thoughts...Thinking of you and your 10,000 troubling thoughts - sending much love and offering many prayers.Kathryn Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757414380685368592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-69073385446159638672009-09-16T01:01:13.203-04:002009-09-16T01:01:13.203-04:00in the dark place of sorrow where my heart resides...in the dark place of sorrow where my heart resides these days all I can say is, love to you...Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com