[MikeDubreuil]

When I was in junior high school one person died of an accident. While in high school three students died. Two died as a result of a car accident. The other committed suicide.

Suicide is a topic that unfortunately hits very close to home for me. On August 26th of this year, days before returning to college my sister committed suicide. She hung herself at my mother’s home in New Jersey. Paramedics were able to restart her heart after being onsite for over 20 minutes. At the hospital it was determined that she was brain dead and that every organ is her body was failing. The next day she passed away.

There were never any warning signs in her case and she was the last person anyone would have expected to commit suicide. She was a very popular person in high school and on campus. She never reached out or expressed any signs of depression.

You never fully understand what is going through the head of a suicidal person. However, it is important to remember that it is their decision. For the most part, there is nothing you could do to prevent it. You just have to find a way to celebrate their life and then gracefully move on.