CAUGHT UP IN A MOMENT LOST FOR EVER

TEENAGE SUICIDE IS REALLY GETTING TO BE A COMMON LIFE REALITY ON THE RESERVATION;  DO OUR CHILDREN REALLY KNOW THE PAIN THAT THEIR PARENTS, SIBLINGS, AND THIER BEST FRIENDS GO THRU? 

I LOST MY DAUGHTER TO SUICIDE 17 MONTHS AGO. TO ME IT IS LIKE YESTERDAY.  WE ALL GO THRU CHANGES IN OUR LIVES BUT WE NEED TO HELP OUR CHILDREN GET BEYOND THIS POINT,

BUT WHERE DO WE START?

THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WILL ALWAYS STAY IN MY HEART. TEENAGERS GET CAUGHT UP IN A MOMENT AND THEY CAN NOT SEE BEYOND THAT TIME.

I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT THIS IS TRUE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I LIVED THRU.  I FEEL A LOT OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS IS RELATED TO BREAKING UP WITH THEIR BOYFRIENDS OR GIRLFRIENDS, AND THEY FEEL DEATH WILL CURE THEIR PAIN, THEY THINK IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD SO THEY EITHER ATTEMPT SUICIDE OR ACTUALLY SUCCEED!  

GUESS WHAT, THEIR LIVES GO ON YOUR’S DON’T. ONCE SOMEONE COMMITTS SUICIDE IT’S OVER, NO SECOND CHANCE. MY DAUGHTER DOES NOT HAVE A SECOND CHANCE, I WILL NOT SEE HER IN A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION GOWN, A WEDDING DRESS NOR WILL I WITNESS THE BIRTH OF MY GRANDCHILD FROM HER. 

I SEEN THIS HAPPEN SO MANY TIMES. WHEN YOU GET BEYOND THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL REALIZE THERE IS A BIG WORLD OUT THERE JUST WAITING FOR YOU.  IF EVER YOU HAVE THIS FEELING REMEMBER DON’T GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS MOMENT, TALK TO A FRIEND, YOUR PARENTS, TEACHERS, SPIRITUAL ADVISORS OR EVEN HOTLINES,

ANYBODY, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THERE THAT WILL LISTEN.

I KNOW THAT I WILL BE THERE FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO TALK. I KNOW THE HEARTACHE AND PAIN THAT YOU WILL LEAVE BEHIND. MEMORIES AND A BROKEN HEART THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT.SO I REACH OUT WITH LOVE IN MY HEART FOR EVERY ONE THAT HAS A BROKEN HEART.

Maureen Lyons