Monday, May 28, 2007
I Couldn't Wait to See Him
Looking forard to seeing someone is a common feeling we all have experienced. But what if that person you are looking foward to seeing is dead. Sound strange? Perhaps. Let me explain.
The statement in the title, "I couldn't wait to see him" was uttered by an 85 year old woman seeing her husband at the funeral home. Most of us don't think about seeing our mate in a casket as something to look forward to. But perhaps being married for 65 years and seeing them everday for all those years makes you appreciate your mate in a different way. Seeing them at all (dead or alive) brings some comfort, some sense that things expected to happen, do happen, and that provides one with some sense of being normal. What do you think about that? I'm listening. Peace
The statement in the title, "I couldn't wait to see him" was uttered by an 85 year old woman seeing her husband at the funeral home. Most of us don't think about seeing our mate in a casket as something to look forward to. But perhaps being married for 65 years and seeing them everday for all those years makes you appreciate your mate in a different way. Seeing them at all (dead or alive) brings some comfort, some sense that things expected to happen, do happen, and that provides one with some sense of being normal. What do you think about that? I'm listening. Peace
Sunday, May 06, 2007
I thought about Jeff
A recent article in USA Today mentioned how the FDA wants the suicide warning for antidepressents expanded to young adults because of the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
This caused me to think of Jeff. Jeff was a young adult who told his parents he was having trouble coping and they took him to the family physician who prescribed an antidepressant. Then the parents went on a trip. When they came back. Jeff had taken his life.
This involves the "what if". What if the FDA had made this recommendation much earlier, before Jeff had taken the pills? What if his parents and doctor knew about this and they had monitored him much closer? Would the outcome been different? Perhaps? We will never know.
One of the greatest things to overcome involving suicide is to overcome the what if. I will pray that you are able to move from "what if" to "what now". Peace.
This caused me to think of Jeff. Jeff was a young adult who told his parents he was having trouble coping and they took him to the family physician who prescribed an antidepressant. Then the parents went on a trip. When they came back. Jeff had taken his life.
This involves the "what if". What if the FDA had made this recommendation much earlier, before Jeff had taken the pills? What if his parents and doctor knew about this and they had monitored him much closer? Would the outcome been different? Perhaps? We will never know.
One of the greatest things to overcome involving suicide is to overcome the what if. I will pray that you are able to move from "what if" to "what now". Peace.
