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Open Letter To Everyone Who Has Taken Their Own Life

Rest in peace, beautiful people.

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Open Letter To Everyone Who Has Taken Their Own Life

I recently had a cousin who passed away due to her taking her own life. It hurts knowing that she is no longer with us due to the cruelty of the world, and her feeling like she was unloved and unwanted.

I am here to tell you all that someone out there loves you. Whatever you are going through is only temporary, and I promise that it will all end. Suicide is a permanent end to a temporary issue. I wish I could show all of you that you are loved, and although it felt right at the moment to hurt yourselves, it hurt others even more.

It pains me that people who commit suicide felt so unloved and so unwanted that they felt the only escape was suicide. I am sorry that you all felt that way. If I could bring you all back and show you that you really are loved and wanted, I would. People always said that people only care if you are pretty or dead, and I did not understand that until my cousin died; my Facebook was blowing up with messages asking about how and when she died. People I have not even talked to in months and people I had no idea she even knew.

I wish I could have helped you out more than I did. My heart goes out to all of you and I hope that one day we will all be reunited under that rainbow bridge. I hope that you all will take your angel wings and wrap them around your loved ones and keep them safe in this crazy world.

To my cousin, I miss you more and more everyday. Everyday, it gets harder to deal with. I love talking to Grandma Hummer about all of our memories. We basically grew up together, and I loved our adventures to grandma's house for too much food. You committing suicide brought our whole family to a shock, and the whole town of Waynesboro is mourning over your death as well. People loved you and wanted to help you. I wish you could have seen that. Everyone tells me that you are in a better place now, but I just do not see how. I hope you wrap your arms around our family and keep us all safe and sound. Rest In Peace, Beautiful.

Suicide is a permanent end to a temporary problem. Do not wait until someone has the gun, knife, pills, rope or needle in their hands to make them stop. Show everyone love no matter how much they may irritate you. Tell people you love them everyday. Do not wait until they are on their death bed because you never know when that could be. Another thing: forgiveness. Forgive people who have done you wrong because you never know when it might be their time to take their last breath and cross that rainbow bridge.

Rest in peace, beautiful people.

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