Many people on wondercafe had connected with musicalmackenzie through posts and wondermails, some only through reading posts, some had very little ‘contact’, and at least one had an in person friendship with her. The news of someone taking their life affects many of us in different ways and for varying reasons.

Regardless of people’s personal connection with musicalmackenzie, there are those who experience depression for whom this will be very difficult news to hear. There are also those here who have lost someone close to them to suicide. I’m sending hugs to you, whomever you are.

I am also offering big hugs to Namaste right now. Namaste, I know you are having a hard day. Friday morning’s you often had tea with musicalmackenzie. This will be such a very sad, distressing time for you …. you know there are people caring about you. I hope you are finding the support you need.

Greetings!

Our wondercafe community has received this very sad, tragic news of the tragic loss and death through suicide of one of our posters and participants, and I believe each one here at Wondercafe is dealing with the news in different ways.  Some are wondering if there was more one could do, some are feeling bad for words posted . . .

For those in the community of Wondercafe, just like in our lives in our world, we each grieve, and deal with our grief in different ways.  I think we need to be reminded that this is okay - we will not act or react the same, nor grieve the same.

I am finding today, after having some time to think about this tragedy and absorb it, that I am feeling very sad about it.  Not in a personal sense, but in a sense of my heart is aching for a baby that is now without her mom, and will always be, and the loss of a fiance and mother of his child to the fiance.  I know other friends and family members are also deeply aching and sad, but for some reason I cannot stop thinking about this baby and what she will miss.

My hope for our community of Wondercafe is that if there are others out there who are dealing with depression/illness that they fully consider getting medical professional help.

Hope, peace, joy, love . . .

Like Beloved, I'm haunted by the face of that beautiful little baby.......it's so incredibly sad.  I know she'll be ok.  She has a loving family,  but right now.....

We need to get depression taken seriously.  It's just as dangerous as any other life-threatening illness.  People need to know this, especially those who are suffering.  It's just like being diabetic.  It's not a situational problem or a case of the blues -- it's a serious chemical imbalance in the brain and needs medication asap or it cascades into this.