This is National Suicide Prevention Week

Thank you for holding on, Merely Me.  We're all benefiting from your life experiences and honesty.

Sincerely,

Jen

I had no idea there was such an Association,  nor that this was Suicide Prevention Week.  Of all the guidelines,  the one directing one not to act shocked.. makes the most sense, and would be the hardest of all to remember for me.  This would be especially true when the one you are worried about is your close loved one and if are were blind as a bat (like me for instance) to lots fo the signs and caught of guard.  My loved one is still with me and i hope always is. 

Thank you for the hat tip Merelyme! 

I think very highly of you, you know.

The very first suicide I came into contact with was my 2nd Christmas Eve on the job I worked. We had just begun a midnight shift, two of us and were sent to a row apartment.

The wife, a pretty young blond, said her husband had often threatened suicide and when they had gone to bed, he sat on the edge of the bed with a 30.06 rifle and said he was going to kill himself. Having heard this often, she told him to go ahead. He blew the top of his head off, bone chips stuck in the ceiling, blood everywhere.

She was calm, or in shock, just appeared relieved it was over with. The man was wearing burgundy pants, I had a pair and when I got home threw them in the trash, seeing that color still is an immed. connection.

I don't know what was done or not done to help him before, I can verify there is no coming back. Might as well try to find help, try to find Frank, for them or for you. Sorry for using up all the space, young lady.