Destiny, a friend of my daughter, Laine, committed suicide last night. Laine goes to a high school with a population of about 1500 students. Destiny was a friend she talked to each day after school. Apparently, none of Destiny’s friends had any idea how depressed she was. Destiny always had a smile on her face. Apparently she hid her pain well. Please pray for Destiny’s family.
One thing that is very disturbing is that Destiny was the target of many taunts and much gossip by the “good” kids. (You know the ones. They keep up appearances for their parents and other adults. It seems they get away with whatever (sex, drugs, alcohol, etc..) because they look good on the surface and that is all that matters to their parents and the other adults in their lives.) No one bothers to look too closely into the activities of these kids, probably due to a fear of what they would find. Anyway, these kids seem to have no regard for life other than for those in their own crowd because they were laughing and saying that she was a “_________” anyway and her life probably wasn’t worth living. ***** Did you get that? Kids are laughing and making jokes about a fellow student's suicide.****** One girl said that she was in hell now anyway because she committed suicide. The most disturbing part of this scenario is that some of the kids that are doing these things are kids that my daughter has grown up with in church. These are kids I know. These are kids I taught in children’s choir. What has happened to our society when we can’t even teach our teens to at least be respectful, if not empathetic, when a human tragedy occurs. Have we made them so self centered?
I am truly at a loss over this one. The kids that probably played a key role in this tragedy have no remorse and some even think it is funny. We need to stop focusing on the outward appearances of our kids and teach them about what is truly important in life. We are raising a generation of shallow, selfish, Barbie and Ken dolls. Is this what we want to leave behind as our contribution to God’s kingdom?
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What a tragedy, from so many aspects. Primarily, that someone felt so hopeless that they decided they would be better off dead. Secondly, that other children have been so callous about it -- for whatever reason, it is not acceptable. Thirdly, that someone with a mental illness is treated as a sinner -- NO, this is wrong -- if someone dies because their brain chemicals are out of whack, that is the same thing as if you die from diabetes or kidney failure, or some other medical problem. You do not go to hell because you committed suicide. Period.
I will pray for those that Destiny left behind. I know from experience that the family will be haunted by how this could have been prevented. It's an awful burden for her family and friends.
I wonder if the lack of empathy of these school children comes from having an "easy" life, from not having to deal with adversity. What do you think?
I posted a response to Laine's blog first, because I needed her to know that I know what she is going through and that I am here for her. I can't begin to believe the cruelty that these teens have displayed toward human life.
I am praying for Laine, for your home, Destiny's family and for the grieving that I am sure that Laine will be going through.
Nicole
Wow. Truly only God can bring peace beyond understanding in these awful circumstances. He will prove himself faithful to your daughter thru this terrible time.
Sorry that it's taken me so long to respond to this post.
I want you to know that I'm praying for your family...I can't imagine what your daughter must have experienced emotionally losing a good friend to suicide.
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