This was a tragic week here in the harbor. We lost a young man to suicide. Walked away from his home and ended his life. He was the son and grandson of two dear friends. It was a long, dark week spent searching for him, fearing the worst, hoping against hope for the best….they found him yesterday. This is a community in mourning.
Today the CDC put out a report that suicide has risen twenty-five percent since 1999 in the U.S.
Clearly we are doing something wrong. Failing at life. People are lonely, depressed, isolated, fearful, anxious. When a baby isn’t loved or cared for they don’t grow and are said to have “failure to thrive syndrome.” I think our country has failure to thrive syndrome.
This was a tragic week here in the harbor.