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Dianna

Dianna is one of those rare people... that always tries to help you out, no matter what the situation is or what she has to do to make things easier for you. She runs a bereavement support group for parents who have lost children to suicide... yet she always, always sends in wonderful items for my group... and to help me with The Angel Connection newsletter. She is a very loving, supportive lady... and she is certainly an earth angel to me! Thank you for having a place to let others know about her and her precious, generous heart!
This is from my friend Cyssi.

Cyssi Rinck, TheAngelConnection@yahoogroups.com
Dianna, ParentsGrievingChildrenofSuicide@yahoogroups.com

In Memory Of Chris 11/14/73~8/31/00

Chris completed suicide 8/31/00,at the age of 26.Just seven days before we had the conversation of suicide,Chris said he would never harm himself. There wasn't a day that went by that Chris didn't call me and say Good Morning Got Sunshine in your heart?I will never hear that again,only the echos in my mind I will hear.The morning of August 31,2000 I became a Parent of Suicide.I kept waiting for the "Good Morning Sunshine "that never came.I thought well I will give him till 11am maybe he slept late 11:00 am My house swarmed with Police officers.My brother was one of the Officers motioned for my husband to come outside,of course me I crept to the door to hear what was going on All I remember is Chris and hang last night.Our world has been forever changed since will never be the same.OurHearts cry.Please if you are feeling suicidal please please get some help.Someone does care,and there is help out there. Or just keep Holding On .More and More is being done about mental help for those who feel they can't go on and just want the pain to go away.If you feel suicidal -SEE A DOCTOR - There is help you are not Alone others are feeling or have felt what you are feeling .It doesn't mean you are crazy,you just need some help.In an emergency Call 1-800-273-Talk(1-800-273-8255)

The Suicide Battlefield

"Our Son died at his own battlefield. He was killed in action fighting a civil war. He fought against adversities that were as real to him as his casket is real to us. They were powerful adversaries. They took toll of his energies and endurance. They exhausted the last vestiges of his courage and his strength. At last these adversaries overwhelmed him. And it appeared that he had lost the war. But did he? I see a host of victories that he has won!

"For one thing - he has won our admiration - because even if he lost the war, we give him credit for his bravery on the battlefield. And we give him credit for the courage and pride and hope that he used as his weapons as long as he could. We shall remember not his death, but his daily victories gained through his kindness and thoughtfulness, through his love for his family and friends... for all things beautiful, lovely and honorable. We shall remember not his last day of defeat, but we shall remember the many days that he was victorious over overwhelming odds. We shall remember not the years we thought he had left, but the intensity with which he lived the years that he had. Only God knows what this child of His suffered in the silent skirmishes that took place in his soul. But our consolation is that God does know, and understands."

from Reverend Wes Stephens at the funeral of a friend
who had committed suicide.