I lost one of my best friends to suicide a couple months ago 2 days before my birthday and wrote a tribute to him on Facebook of the memories we shared-- we had been friends since teens, meeting through AOL of all places and went on tons of road trips together but as we grew older and had families, we werent as frequently in touch.. we lived hours away. We still chatted online from time to time. My heart was pretty shattered and I was in a daze when I heard the news, so much so that I felt I needed to take a solo weekend trip which is where I spent the time holed up, eating junk, and writing memories of our friendship for that tribute. I was SO glad that most of my friends didn't say anything insensitive like, "It's in God's will", etc.

A couple comments that were meaningful to me:

"What a beautiful and vivid tribute you wrote to your friend. I feel like I know him or was right along with you two on your trips"

Another comment came from a friend of mine who said her heart is broken for me and she is crying along with me.

Anybody who commented something that I specifically wrote in my tribute meant a lot to me, too, because it meant they took the time to read it.

And probably the comment that touched me the most was a friend of mine who said that even though he and I met as teens, my stories about him reminded me of the quote from the movie "Stand by Me": “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?”

(I think you would really need to have an understanding of the person you say that one, too, however, and it would depend on the circumstance)