It's hard to believe it's been five years already since David's death. In some ways it seems like yesterday. It's still painful, but we've learned to live with the pain fairly well. This is the first year we didn't go away. Yesterday we worked on a Habitat for Humanity house. Today we took the dog and went for a hike in the foothills. July 1 ( Read more... )

This Saturday, July 1, will be the fourth anniversary of David's suicide. I suppose it's gotten easier somehow, but it's certainly not easy. His friends have graduated, started careers, gotten married, bought homes, had babies. Their parents have grandchildren. Sarah may someday make us grandparents; David never will. He was so good with kids ( Read more... )

Doug's parents drove up from Texas and our daughter Sarah flew in from her new home in Florida to join us for Christmas. We'll celebrate Christmas Eve with the Garys tonight and Doug's Aunt Annie will join us from Colorado Springs for Christmas. Our biggest celebration is Doug's successful appedectomy Thursday night. He was released from the ( Read more... )

Today was the fourth annual Second Wind fundraiser here in Lakewood, CO. Second Wind raises funds for mental health counseling for at-risk Jeffco students. Mental health counseling is a cause dear to my heart, as I believe that David (mockery) might still be with us had he sought mental health counseling and prescribed medications. He obviously ( Read more... )

Today would have been David's (know as "mockery" in this forum) 25th birthday, a milestone in anyone's life. As his mother, I wonder what his life would be like today had be chosen to fight to live, rather than completing suicide to escape whatever pain he was in. His friends have graduated from college, started careers, gotten married, had ( Read more... )

Today our daughter Sarah and her boyfriend Bill began the three day drive to Tampa, Florida, where they will be living. Tampa is a long ways from Denver. We're used to seeing her at least 1-2 a month. We'll probably be lucky to see her much more than once or twice a year. This is a major change for us. After losing David (mockery), Sarah's ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, July 1, 2005, will be the third anniversary of David's suicide. It's the first time we (David's mom and dad) will stay in Denver. The last two years we've left town. We plan to stay busy and will work most of the day. We'll visit the columbarium at our church (Green Mountain United Methodist Church in Lakewood) where his ashes are ( Read more... )

On holidays such as Father's Day, David's absence is particularly felt. Doug's folks, Nani and Papa, are here, as well as David's sister, Sarah. It's good, as always, to be together. It still hurts that David's not with us and never will be again (at least not in the physical sense). We do believe that he's in heaven, happy, and at peace. ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to add the site David's good friend Anney developed. She did a wonderful job. It might help answer questions anyone might have. Here's the url:

http://www.anney.net/david.htm

Take care and make good choices.
Mary Wylie
David's (and Sarah's!) mom

Doug and I went to the early service this morning so we could get ready for a nice Easter dinner with our daughter, Sarah, and Doug's aunt, Annie. We're making a nice Italian meal, as we're not overly fond of ham. David would have enjoyed the meal, but not the church service ( Read more... )