I implore all of you to keep this kind of thing from happening again. Talk to your friends and your children, explain to them the effects that suicide has on a community. As we all go through this grieving period our hearts and minds should be with the family, friends, teachers and classmates. Everyone who had any contact with him knows how much he had to offer the world. Who knows what a few kind words and a smile will give a person.
Life is such a precious thing to waste.
Let us learn from what this student has taught us. Love life and the people in it. My husband and I have been licensed by the state for almost three years, and to this date, we have had only one placement for two weeks during our first year of service. We spent months taking all the classes that DSHS required, getting all the certificates, making sure our home was to their liking and writing essays about our family history. We jumped through all the hoops.