ON
SATURDAY
OCTOBER
4
TH,
I
WILL
BE
WALKING
IN
A
WALK
FOR
THE
AMERICAN
FOUNDATION
FOR
SUICIDE
PREVENTION,
IN
HONOR
OF
MY
GOOD
FRIEND
LISA.
I
KNEW
LISA
AND
HER
HUSBAND
SONNY
FOR
ABOUT
11
YEARS.THEY
BOTH
STRUGGLED
WITH
ADDICTION.
SONNY
PASSED
AWAY
IN
AUGUST
OF
2006
FROM
AN
INTENTIONAL
OVERDOSE.
LISA
ALWAYS
BLAMED
HERSLF
TO
A
DEGREE
FOR
THIS
AND
SUNK
INTO
A
DEEP
DEPRESSION.
ON
APRIL
10,
2007
LISA
TOOK
HER
LIFE.
I\'LL
NEVER
FORGET
THAT
DAY,
I\'LL
NEVER
FORGET
GOING
TO
HER
HOUSE
TO
BE
THERE
WHEN
HER
SONS
CAME
HOME
FROM
SCHOOL
TO
TELL
THEM
WHAT
HAD
HAPPENED.
I
WAS
LISTED
AS
AN
EMERGENCY
CONTACT
FOR
HER
AT
THE
PLACE
WHERE
WE
WOULD
GO
TO
SUPPORT
GROUPS,
SO
I
WAS
THE
ONE
THEY
CALLED.
I
CANT
GO
BACK
TO
THAT
GROUP,
LISA
IS
MISSING.
WE
HAD
THE
SAME
DOCTOR
SO
EVEN
WHEN
I
GO
TO
THE
DOCTORS
I
AM
REMINDED
OF
WHAT
SHE
DID.
HER
YOUNGEST
SON
JUST
TURNED
16
AND
IS
LIKE
PART
OF
MY
FAMILY.
HE
IS
OVER
TODAY,
EATING
PIZZA
AND
WATCHING
THE
GAME.
I
MISS
MY
FRIEND
LISA
AND
WISH
I
COULD
OF
STOPPED
HER.
THIS
WALK
IS
MY
WAY
OF
TELLING
PEOPLE
TO
PAY
ATTENTION.
AND
IF
YOUR
THINKING
OF
SUICIDE
KNOW
THAT
THE
PEOPLE
YOU
HURT
WILL
NEVER
BE
HEALED.
