I lost my best friend to suicide 1 year ago. I miss him so much. I still haven't learned how to cope. I've never lost someone this way before. It's the first time for me.

My father asked me to go live with him again... some bad things happened to me when I lived there before. In was raped and just bad things. Anyway, I cried no... begging him to move to the city.-(he lived an hour outside of the city) he said... I'll never be able to do that. I went on a trip as a nanny to Disney world. I sent him a postcard saying I love him and I will live with him. One week to the day they I saw him.... they found him... shot himself in the head. They also found my postcard in his mailbox. He never even saw it. Then a year or so later... his mother told me it was my fault he did it.

With all of this... I know better. I know it now even more so.. I have kids and I want to go. I am a burden... he felt he was too. Maybe he was in ways... not to me... but was he? I mean.... idk. I'm just saying... don't make it about you... I realize it would be unintentional... it took me a long time to see that I was doing that. Maybe your not. Just wanted to share in case. I realize now more every day... that it had NOTHING to do with me and EVERYTHING to do with his head and the life he was dealt.

I pray my kids know this too.

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