One Of My Best Friends

[shanless]

It's with sadness that I write this today....one of my BEST friends committed suicide this morning....Jim...we grew up together..went to school together...played together..only last week his second daughter was married.....and now he's gone........I live 60 miles away from my mum and Dad and Jim took my place doing all the odd jobs around their house that I used to do....he will be sadly missed


Rest In Peace...my friend....Jim
listen to this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcFq2zetcKo&ob=av2n

[themd21]

Hi Kev,
Sorry for your loss.
Great track that just about sums up the tragedy that suicide is.
Take care.

Jimmy

[Tiny]

Hi Kev
Very sorry To Hear This Very Sad New,s on The Loss of
A Close Friend, My Thought,s are with You at This sad Time
Kind Regard,s ..........Tommy

[jerrymc]

So sorry to hear this Kevin.
Its happening so often, a real tragedy for all.
May he rest in peace.

[shanless]

Thanks guys for the kind words...it still hasn't sunk in...but when you really think of it....it's the one's left behind that have to live with his selfishness
I'm gutted

[doricvision]

Thinking of you in this sad moment in your life Kevin
I can only suppose you chose this song as it was poignant as to the reasons and as a tribute to his sad decision to end his life

Bigmike

[shanless]

Hi Bigmike....I actually recorded the song last year on a cd that was to be launched to raise funds to open a centre for families and people affected by suicide...there were to be 9 other artists sings different songs on the cd...but alas it never was finished....I have plans to record it again on my own cd as I think it hits home....thanks
Kev

[simmo123]

Hi Kevin,sad news indeed mate,thinking of you ....The Simmo's

[rogerb]

So sorry to hear this Kev. It's always a tragedy when someone decides to end it all. My thoughts are with all those he's left behind who will miss him.

Rog

[JohnG]

So sorry to hear this, Kev.

Always a desperately sad time for those left to carry the burden.

If you think this is an act of selfishness, then you really don't understand what goes on in the mind of someone who finally commits this act. Usually performed by the gentlest and most deeply caring members of our society.

It is a mental illness, often a chemical imbalance in the brain, and should be treated with the compassion it so desperately needs, just as you would treat someone with cancer.

It is even more sad for those compassionate souls left behind who wonder why they didn't see the symptoms and what they could have done to help.

Wherever you are now, Jim, I hope you find the peace in death that you couldn't find in life.
I shed my tears for you as I have been so close myself at times.

Kev, to you and yours, I hope you will remember Jim for all the good things he did in his life and for the happy times you had together, not for his final desperate act. Celebrate his life, not his passing.

Sincerely,
JohnG.

[weegeo]

Hi Kevin so sorry for the loss your feeling and my thoughts are also with your dear friends family. John has summed it up perfectly often we talk of the selfishness of the act of suicide without really understanding the mental state or the pressure`s that the person is feeling like John i know the pressure and have been in that place myself.
I am sure your dear friend is at peace now and is in a much better place

God Bless

weegeo

[Jacqui]

Hi Kev
I've only just seen this post today,
I'm so sorry to hear the tragic news about your best friend Jim, it's so very sad for his family and everyone that knew him.

My thoughts and Prayers are with you & Catrionia

God Bless Jacqui

[Emerald Midi]

Kev, my apologies for the lateness in spotting this, I have been tied up of late and not been checking into the forum as much as Id like. It was Jacqui who actually told me.

My deepest condolences on the loss of your very good friend. Whatever it was that drove him to this is no longer causing him pain and I suppose there is a sort of comfort in that; but whatever the reasons I know from experience how hurtful it can be to lose someone close.

My sympathies to you, Catriona and everyone effected by this terrible tragedy.

[shanless]

Thanks to all who said kind and comforting words...he's now laid to rest
RIP Jim
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[Emerald Midi]

Nov 15, 2010 22:11:04 GMT shanless said:

Thanks to all who said kind and comforting words...he's now laid to rest
RIP Jim
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RIP

[Out of respect for Kev's wishes I am locking this thread.]