Woke up this morning to the sad, sad news a friend of mine took his own life yesterday. He struggled for years with OCD and other issues. He was such an amazing talent and wonderful entertainer. I last saw him at my reunion the past November. He wowed us all with his voice.
I pray for healing and peace for Steve and his family. If you know someone suffering, please help them. I am in shock that his light is now gone from this world. This video is my friend, Steve. RIP Steve!
I am very sorry for your loss. I'll pray for him, his family, and for you and his other friends.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
I almost wonder if it isn't the age, or something. I had two friends take their lives shortly after our 20 year reunion... maybe it's that whole mid-life crisis thing, or something?
I dunno..... but taking a permanent solution to a temporary problem is always a bad choice
Browns is the Browns
... there goes Joe Thomas, the best there ever was in this game.
It could be, Purp. I know he's had struggles all his life (what his father and brother posted on Facebook today), but the timing is super odd. He JUST finished a run - as in, it ended June 3rd - in "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" in Akron and was in rehearsals for a new play to begin in July. And it was so shortly after our reunion. So sad. He was an amazing talent.
Sorry for your loss.Great voice.It is a shame that things got so bad that this was his only answer.
I have had times of depression,but wonder how it would get so bad to the point that I would take my own life.I hate that people find this is their only way out of a situation.It's sad,really sad.
Quote: I had a friend take their own life about a month ago ... it's a lot to wrap your head around.
Sorry for your loss.
Same here. This guy (37) that used to attend all of our Bears tailgates took his own life about 2 months ago. He was bi-polar and had struggled with medications for a long while. He lost his job last year here in Chicago and then moved to Seattle for another job (REI I think). Hindsight being what it is, I don't think his family and friends should have let someone with depression and previous suicidal ideas to move to Seattle. Well, needless to say, he didn't make it very long there.
Tough, tough thing to deal with.
Sorry for your loss Babe...thoughts being sent to the family.
“...Iguodala to Curry, back to Iguodala, up for the layup! Oh! Blocked by James! LeBron James with the rejection!”
Yeah, unfortunately after a suicide that is all anyone has and it really sucks. The ones left behind are forever left to wonder what THEY could have done .
Kid, I'm feeling for you right now. Of all the things in Life we value, friends are one of the most treasured. To lose one always diminishes us, and the hole they leave is never totally filled.
For the time being The Hurt will just have to play itself out... but later on, you'll have all those memories to smile at, and use them to reflect on how much better he made your life with his presence.
This is indeed a tough blow, Babe. I'm flowing all the good stuff I can to you right now.
Sorry for your loss, BrownsBabe. I will say a special one for him tonight. I just losta fine nephew several months ago and was his pallbearer. It is a hard place; I wish all a special strength and peace. This is always difficult.
"Every responsibility implies opportunity, and every opportunity implies responsibility." Otis Allen Glazebrook, 1880
I wish Steve had seen ALL the love and friendship pouring out to him on his Facebook page. I'm sorry Steve got to a point he felt his friends couldn't help him. I know many of his closest friends, as they are guys I've known for 25+ years, and I know they would have bent over backwards, dropped EVERYTHING to talk to him for as long as he needed it.
Depression really sucks, I know, I live with it daily myself. But I know where to go when I sink really low.
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