my journey to health

So on friday night a very dear friend of my sons hung herself, 23 years old, what could possibly be that bad at 23 years old? She was such a beautiful girl, the last conversation I had with her was me convincing her to marry my son one day, who would have thought she would never get old enough to marry anyone??

And the effect it has had on all of her friends is just heartbreaking, they are devastated, speaking to my son on skype whilst he cried his heart out was horrible, he is currently winging his way home from canada to bury his friend, noone at that age should have to do that, none of them should have to deal with the death of a friend let alone a friend taking their own life.

My son is very lucky, he has such an incredible bunch of friends, most of them met at high school and they have been friends ever since, they hug each other, they tell each other they love each other, girlfriends have learned that though they may hold a special place, they simply cannot compete with the friendship the “boys” have. Amongst this tight group of boys are four girls, they are part of the group, they hang out with the boys, they drink with the boys, they hold special places in their hearts, and now that foursome is down to a threesome and none of them really know how to deal with it.

Two of them stopped in here today after the hospital, they were with Danielle as she finally passed on and the haunted look on their faces was just awful, I am so gutted for them all and have shed many a tear over the last two days. I cannot understand how her parents must be feeling I simply cannot fathom having to bury a child.

My boy is home on wednesday morning, and his boys are picking him up, I am glad they are his first port of call and hope that together they can help each other get through this tragedy

RIP Danielle you were a beautiful wee soul