teen suicide

I'm thinking today about teens and suicide.

How terribly sad. Words cannot express our grief when we hear a story about a teen's death. How do we stop this? How do we make a difference?

I have to ask myself ... how hopeless was their situation(s) that might have led them to take their own life? Where are we (as a family or as a community) when all this is happening? Where should we be? Didn't they have anyone they could have talked to? If they did reach out to someone, did they listen?

As a community, lets keep on reaching out together and perhaps prevent another teen death. Be aware. Listen to them. Refer them to someone.