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My days are filled with feelings of hopelessness
And many thoughts of suicide..."
And many thoughts of suicide..."
" Some times I feel like I want to end it right now to be with you"
Now, stop. Can you describe it? Can you describe that feeling that just came over you? I know I couldn't after I read them.
We have been talking about grief, and how we deal with it. Many of us have lost loved ones or been through a traumatic event in our lives. Some of you right now might be grieving the loss of a loved one. That hopelessness, that confusion, that anger and sorrow. The hate and fear. The nights you spend crying yourself to sleep. How are we supposed to deal with grief? It consumes our lives and we forget about everyone around us...
We have been talking about grief, and how we deal with it. Many of us have lost loved ones or been through a traumatic event in our lives. Some of you right now might be grieving the loss of a loved one. That hopelessness, that confusion, that anger and sorrow. The hate and fear. The nights you spend crying yourself to sleep. How are we supposed to deal with grief? It consumes our lives and we forget about everyone around us...
and that's the problem.
Those three quotes above were written by three children between the ages of thirteen and sixteen. That's right, a thirteen year old child who writes a poem talking about suicide because of the grief that she's feeling after losing her father.
We forget about the children. That little girl who wrote the third quote had a mother that just lost her husband. The child who wrote the second quote wants to die because they've lost three family members in a row. The girl who lost her father at 4 years old continues to write of how her step father was killed and taken from her too, imagine what her mother is going through after losing two husbands.
I'd like you all to do this: spend some time tonight looking over the stories, poems, and artwork on this site. Kidsaid.com is a place where kids who are grieving can share their feelings and see that they are not alone. Whether you're grieving now or have in the past, these stories will put a little perspective on what you are feeling or have felt.
We'll come back tomorrow and look at how these kids are dealing with grief.
We forget about the children. That little girl who wrote the third quote had a mother that just lost her husband. The child who wrote the second quote wants to die because they've lost three family members in a row. The girl who lost her father at 4 years old continues to write of how her step father was killed and taken from her too, imagine what her mother is going through after losing two husbands.
I'd like you all to do this: spend some time tonight looking over the stories, poems, and artwork on this site. Kidsaid.com is a place where kids who are grieving can share their feelings and see that they are not alone. Whether you're grieving now or have in the past, these stories will put a little perspective on what you are feeling or have felt.
We'll come back tomorrow and look at how these kids are dealing with grief.
