Thoughts and Prayers needed
 

I'm sitting at my desk numb with disbelief. My brother just called me, I could tell when he said hello something was wrong. His step-son whom I consider my nephew took his own life last night, he hung himself on the ball field of his college in CT. I note was left but until family gets there today from here in Florida the police will not tell us anything.
Adam has suffered depression in the past but has been doing great for quite some time, he is border line genius, nice girlfriend, really into his car and doing phenomenal in school with corporate headhunters promising him a bright future. I can't seem to absorb the feeling of pain for Bobby-Ann (my sister in-law) and my brother or even comprehend the feeling of loss,confusion and emptiness. I'm writing this and asking for your thoughts and prayers for my family as I consider many here friends and many I think of as family, somehow sharing curbs some of the hurt

Paul

That's horrible, Paul... What a shame. RIP.

R.I.P.
Shame. We are sorry for your loss.

How tragic, I had to seriously consider the possibility of losing my son to cancer last year. I can not begin to imagine how big a shock and the pain it is causing everyone. My thoughts and prayers for you and your family.

sorry to hear about this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Very sorry for your loss. Tom

Our thoughts & prayers are with you and your family.
Very sad:(
Dan

Hang tough buddy. If you're numb can you imagine how you're brother and his wife feel? I'm sure you will help them anyway you can.

R.I.P.

I truely am very sorry to hear this, I feel your pain. I went through this with my brother, (miss him dearly) and sometimes what appears to be ok on the outside is different on the inside. Keep the faith...Very sorry for your families loss...RIP...Take care. Jeff

Be strong. They'll need you.

My condolences.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Very sad to hear.

There are many support groups available in both areas of losing a child and with one taking their own life. Hopefully they won't be needed, but know they are there for anyone who needs the support.

Deepest sympathies.

My heart goes out to you and his family, very sad....m

RIP
So sorry for your loss... :(

God bless your family, in this, the toughest of times.
Tom

Paul, sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Kent

What an awful thing to have to go through. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. RIP

Sorry for your loss, our prayers are with you. Have a friend who did the same, Just don't understand:(

So sorry ... :(

Such terrible news....may God bless you and your family.

:( My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Tears came to my eyes as I read your thread.
I'm so sorry for your loss.

depression can be a terrible desease to cope with. may he rest in peace now.

Very sorry to hear....Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family....

Tom & Shannon

What a loss! You have our deepest sympathy Paul!

God thats awful.

God bless him and your family.

I'm so sorry. Why these things happen, we will never know. Kind of reminds me of my brother. We had high hopes and he was the apple of my parents eyes. Soccer scholarship pretty much took his life due to head injuries, that and the rugby thing. He thought it was real cool, but now he is on disability and I can hardly talk to him. Now he is severly depressed and starting to talk of the suicide route because girls won't talk to him and he can't keep a job and it just keeps getting worse. Sometimes he can not even talk, not that he made any sense anyhow. I fear the worse and we are powerless. There is only so much we can do before the guy has to help himself. You can't blame yourself. I just turn that key and hear the rumble and everything else seems to slip away.

Horrible News
I whish you all the best

What a shame , Sorry for your loss.. RIP.:(
Bill

Sorry for your loss:(

Very sad news, sorry for your loss. Prayers and thoughts as your family gets through this rough time!

On the outside it is very hard to determine how depressed a person may be. All seems normal to surrounding family and friends. It takes a trained eye to see the process evolve. I believe at a certain point a person looses rationality and the solution to there problem is the only solution in their mind. The family cant blame themselves for not recognizing the coming event.
I know this doesnt take away the loss, but it may help explain at this troubled time. I have know friends that have lost loved ones in this manner and it is difficult to grasp an understanding. :(

Rest In Peace
So Very Sorry

You and your family will be in our prayers.R I P :(

Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Very sorry.:(

I feel for ya bro. Had a friend do something similar in h.s. Amazing how everything can appear fine on the outside yet the person is truely miserable on the inside. Sounds like the kid was very brilliant and a great loss to the family I am sure. Take condolence in the fact he is in a better place far from whatever was troubling him here.

Thoughts and prayers

RIP. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

Paul, my thoughts and prayers for you and your family.

Suicide is such a strange thing to understand, and difficult to accept.
My condolences to you and your family.
You will always have your memories, and he will always be in the memories of those lives he touched.
I admit, I was just thinking about Martiniboat from here on the board just the other day.
Rest in Peace Adam.

just sent up a prayer for you, your brother and his family; I'm so very sorry. - Jeff

Paul my deepest sympathies to you, your brother, your sister in-law and family on the tragic loss of their son and your nephew.

Our condolences go out to you and your family...RIP.

Chuck