Days ago, we were shocked by some post in Facebook about our teenager neighbor, a graduating K12 student, was found hanging in her room! Yes, she killed herself!
According to my grandma, who happens to be close to their family, they found out what happened when the mother instructed her son to ask this teenager if she already feed their pigs. The door was locked and so he forced to open it by kicking and to his surprise, his sister was already hanging and lost her life.
Stories begun to sprung and based on what I heard, the teenager even left a suicidal note. And on that note she was blaming her mom, telling that she was fed up. If something went wrong or gone bad, her mother would always lay the blame on her. But at the end of the note, she said 'I'm sorry Mama'.
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As a mother it is so painful and I could not imagine myself seeing my daughter or any of my family member on that situation. It made me realize the importance of being open to your child, to always ask how they feel, to discuss them why you scolded them, to appreciate them, to validate their feelings, to guide them and to always show them we care and love them. We should not let them store so much pain, anger and loneliness in their hearts that they no longer open to share their small wins and battles with us. It is also important to have quality time, eat and go out together, and spend a no gadget moment with them.
With all that is happening in this world, there are so many things that our kids are deprived of doing. Like going to the mall, to the park, going to school and play with their classmates and more. So we as parents should make sure that we fill those missing pieces with love and exciting activities so that when they will meet their friends, when they grow up, they have something great to share. It is not always material things matter but more of the emotional impact that we impart in them. That we should not rely most of their learnings and experiences on tv or in social media but from and most importantly, with US!
There are already so many bad news around and we should not let suicide to be on the mainstream too. This must be stopped! It's scary. We should not let any of our family, friends and someone we know be on that list. Life is precious and a gift from God. We should do our best to protect it, save it, cherish it and love it. You, Me and We, have no authority and power to take it away from anybody.
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Thank you for reading and God bless us all.
Keep inspiring. Keep smiling.
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Ngayon ko pa talaga nabasa ito. Mas lalong nakakasad na. Mapapaisang malalim na buntong hininga ka na lang. Anyway, tama ka. Parents are the first that the kids will look up to. They can either make or break a child. Kaya kung mahina ang isang tao, they resort to do things like suicide. I also did have those suicidal thoughts when I was growing up.