A heart-broken tragedy

This afternoon I heard a heart-broken tragedy. A couple I know went to heaven within two weeks, left a 20ish son behind.

The wife was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, but the treatment was unsuccessful and died last week. The husband committed suicide this morning by throwing himself to river in the coldest weather with a temperature of minus 38, which feels like minus 50.

 I felt so sad after hearing this that I could not finish the work but went home early. I am thinking what a reasonable action under such a condition would be when your loved one passed away unexpectely, and what is a suitable way to survive through a stressful time like this.

Suicide needs courage. I could not image the desperate and stress the husband beared. It must overwhele and exceed the limit he could handle by himself. How hard it would be for the son to lose both parents in two weeks, and how could he survive this? I could not imagine. Life is not easy, especially for first generation of immigration families.  

What would you do or what is your suggestion for such a situation?

May God bless the couple with peace and love in heaven.

Amen! Pray in Jesus name.

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• it’s really a sadness. The pain is out of ordinary when a friend -忒忒綠- ♂ (191 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 18:02:00

• Thx, I am ok, just felt too sad for this tragedy. -woodwishper- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 18:36:48

• Once stuck in a dilemma, -忒忒綠- ♂ (720 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 18:18:25

• The husband loved his wife so deeply and must have suffered the -beautifulwind- ♀ (176 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 20:04:16

• 有人說丈夫精神可能有問題. 哎, 心理強大很重要. -woodwishper- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 20:11:20

• 我不覺得精神會有什麽問題，壓力太大了，沒有及時排解開，唉，可惜。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 22:16:17

• 有壓力，要傾訴，很重要 -woodwishper- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2021 postreply 07:17:52

• defeated by life -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 20:15:46

• 少來夫妻老來伴... sad! -回頭笑笑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2021 postreply 21:13:42

• 我也覺得丈夫可能早就有憂鬱症了，隻是以前更關注太太的病情而沒重視。這自殺給親人留下的創傷太大了，孩子可憐。 -樹的花花世界- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2021 postreply 07:07:42

• 是啊，孩子在加拿大一個親戚都沒有，都在國內. -woodwishper- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2021 postreply 07:16:44

• It takes a lot to take one’s own life. Very sad! -just_4_fun- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/10/2021 postreply 12:09:33

• It's hard to take. -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/05/2021 postreply 21:49:39