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My mom too died suddenly when she was 44 and me 22. I am now 37 and not a day passes where I am not talking to her or thinking of her etc.

This particular grief is so profound to me that all deaths I have endured after have not been as painful and some didnt affect me much at all in comparison to Mom.

I have been able to move on get married have a family and I guess the word is that I ENDURE....life gets easier but that grief remains : (

Anyway very sad day for freepers and I liked the one sentiment a freeper left that we ought pry a bit more if we sense someone is hurting. Not just here but in our real lives where we interact with others in person.

Perhaps Mrs. Trapped would rather we help a family in need rather then waste money on flowers..just a suggestion but there are probably some very needy families in their area and it would give Mrs. Trapped something to do during this holiday season. We can donate and she can adopt the family, do the shopping and feel good that she is helping someone in need.

Just an idea : )

What a coincidence. I lost my mom when I was 22, and am now 37. She succumbed to breast cancer after it struck her at an early age, and she died when she was 46. I loved her and still think of her often.

I've never had much of a family or even a girlfriend to speak of for that matter, have battled severe depression most of my life, and life here pretty much sucks as far as I am concerned. However, I am not going to terminate my own life as I am a Christian, and believe that I have a higher calling, and a purpose to fulfill while here. But, I can relate to the viscous depression, and isolation felt by one who suffers from this form of mental illness, and can see how someone can be overtaken by it. It is indescribable, and not something they can "snap out of". Some people are also not capable of "reaching out" when needed. I think that satan and his lieutenants work overtime on those who he feels are the biggest threat to his nest here on earth.

I am doing ok, and suicide has never been an option for me. I am also praying for Chris.