Despair

@bon bon wrote:

In the last 18 months a 22 year old woman and a 15 year old boy have thrown themselves to their deaths from our viaduct.
The boys death was earlier this week
He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital
My daughter knew him from infant school
She bought and took flowers down to the site the next day and is now wearing friendsship ribbons in his favourite colours, as are a great many of the pupils from his school.
The council will now have talks whether or not to get British Rail to put up barriers so people cannot access the tracks to the viaduct

I’ve spoken to my daughter about it
but what can you really say?
She is an outgoing, well adjusted 15 year old with lots of friends
I dont feel she will ever give me any major problems
but
did the young boys parents feel the same way about him?
I cannot even begin to comprehend what they are going through now
There is nothing on this earth worse than a parent losing a child.
more so this way.

bon bon thing is we can only do our best, we can give them a role model to guide them, we can pick em up when they fall, we can hold them when they need it we can laff with them…..we can love them and then its in the lap of the gods. who knows what goes on in the minds of anyone ay? my heart goes out to the boys parents though, i know i would blame myself for not picking up on the fact they were in such a state of torment that they killed themselves……..

we’ve had about 9 in 18 months and we’re only a fairly small town.

I can think of better ways of going.

No children though, all adults, must be awful for a child feeling that desparate.