My Heart is Heavy...
I wasn't able to be at church this morning but I listened to the sermon online. We have a wonderful Pastor and his words this morning really summed up what I've been thinking and feeling these past couple of days. Twice now in the last three years, I have shaken hands and exchanged pleasantries with someone for the very last time. I didn't know then that it would be the last time. I had no idea it would be the last time on this Earth that I would say good morning, exchange a smile, a handshake or a hug. I had no idea that they were so depressed that they had given up on life. I had no idea that the darkness of depression had an iron grip on them and would soon cause them to take their own life. When I heard about my friend's suicide, I kept going over what we said to one another last Sunday morning. I kept thinking about what he said and how he said it...how he looked. He seemed cheerful, but I will say there was something that made me give him a second glance as I w...