Dusk to Dawn

[klwilliams]

I am now on the friends list of two dead people, kathlaw and lmeyer. Kath killed herself over two years ago now, but the memory is still painful, and always will be. Lynn, or Halima, as I knew her, died just a couple of weeks ago. There is some question as to whether her death was deliberate or not, but she was depressed and was on disability, and if she did take her own life I would understand.

Still.

Before she died she sent $75 through the mail, for sponsorship for me for the Overnight, the walk I'm going on July 22 to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

I would probably have more fun going on a walk for breast cancer, since several of my friends go on those and I could join a team. But, of the women close to me, friends and family, who have had breast cancer, every one of them survived. Of my friends and family who have tried to commit suicide (that I know of -- there could be many more), only one survived. So I'll walk into the dusk among strangers, and when we walk into the dawn maybe I'll have some new friends. Or we'll just depress each other. :-)

So, friends, please support me. I'm tired of losing the people who are close to me, and I bet you are, too. And for those who have already donated through the link below, thank you so very much.

http://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=10003564

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be there in spirit. This is an important thing you are doing, and I salute you.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I will walk happily, thinking of my good friends.