Seeing a butterfly on the ground with it's wings crumpled today, I began to cry. I thought of how fragile life is, seeing as last night, a very close friend of mine died. After suffering for almost his entire life, he took his last breath, and his life by his own hand. So young, with so much life before him.
That butterfly reminded me of him, in pain and nearly dead, but not able to fly away. I wished with all my heart that it would get back up and be ok, but of course that didn't happen. So I went back inside and sat at my computer, thinking of how to word what I was feeling. I stared at it for awhile, with nothing coming to my mind. Then a thought crossed my mind. What if I could use this bad experience and use it to help others?
So I started looking up different statistics, thinking maybe if I were to inform people, they might be more skeptical. I also thought I would give them someone to talk to if they needed it, so I created a place for them to do just that on my site http://www.strengthandpassion.webs.com/ so that they can be reassured that life IS worth it. If anyone needs someone to help them through a tough time, I'd be happy to.


Teen Suicide Statistics And Facts:
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in teens.
About 10 in 100,000 teens kill themselves
Girls are more likely to commit suicide
Every hour and forty-five minutes one young person kills themselves
For every true suicide, there are 50 to 100 more attempts
Between 26% and 33% of adolescent teens that commited suicide had attempted it before.


Suicide is a VERY serious issue. And it is an issue that is very close to me, because of my friend. So PLEASE, PLEASE be wise and don't even THINK that you want to die...