VeeJay
7/12/2007, 05:24 PM
Just a few minutes ago, I received news that the 32 year old son of a very good friend of mine here at work committed suicide from an overdose this afternoon.
I met my friend's son when I worked with my friend some 17 years ago, when he was 15. We went one day to a NC State football game.
My friend, who I stayed in touch with all through the years was very instrumental in getting me in touch with the right people for the job I currently have. His son was a local sheriff's deputy and had been assigned to drug dealers, raids, etc. He had to take a disability due to health reasons from the physical demands of his job not long ago. In addition, his wife recently separated from him. Due to the disability he hasn't been able to work lately, and my friend told me not long ago he was very depressed and having a feeling of inadequacy as both a husband and as a young man unable to work.
This is going to be very hard on my friend. This was his only son. You aren't supposed to bury your kids.
At any rate, my friend and his wife are very active in their church and will receive a lot of support. Keep them in mind please.
I met my friend's son when I worked with my friend some 17 years ago, when he was 15. We went one day to a NC State football game.
My friend, who I stayed in touch with all through the years was very instrumental in getting me in touch with the right people for the job I currently have. His son was a local sheriff's deputy and had been assigned to drug dealers, raids, etc. He had to take a disability due to health reasons from the physical demands of his job not long ago. In addition, his wife recently separated from him. Due to the disability he hasn't been able to work lately, and my friend told me not long ago he was very depressed and having a feeling of inadequacy as both a husband and as a young man unable to work.
This is going to be very hard on my friend. This was his only son. You aren't supposed to bury your kids.
At any rate, my friend and his wife are very active in their church and will receive a lot of support. Keep them in mind please.