Woman & Home

My brother’s SUICIDE

I was 17 when a fire engulfed and completely destroyed my childhood home. That fire was the suicide of my beloved 20-year-old brother, Adam. A young man who, on the surface, had everything we all wanted and was everything we aspire to be. Good-looking, charismatic, a straight-A student, deeply loved and admired, a shining light…

It was 22 November 1988. The day after Adam had tried to end his own life. I sat by Adam’s hospital bed, where

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