Church Partnership Newsletter September 2014 | Page 5

Learning to Live After My Son's Suicide
My son died on August 8th 2012. It started out like a normal day - sort of. It was a Wednesday. I woke up to a text Drey
had sent several hours prior... "hey. i love you." After looking for his car out back, then out front, and after checking his
bedroom I realized he had stayed at his Dad's house - which was normal for this season of his life. So I checked his
Facebook page - nothing unusual there - I prayed, then decided to text him back rather than call. He was 19 and didn't
want his Mom waking him up at 7:00 a.m. I reminded myself: Som ][Y\