In the late 80's I lost a high school friend to suicide. He was suffering from schizophrenia. In the suicide note he said he couldn't deal with his mental illness and felt he could no longer beat it. He went downtown and jumped off a parkade. That one tore me apart on the inside
Lost another good friend due to a brain tumour in the mid 90's. Did the eulogy for that one.
A few years ago I lost a really good lady friend to a heart attack.
Growing up we had 2 dogs in the family. When they became too sick and had to be put down my late father handed the duties to me. He was too attached to the dogs and didn't have the heart to put them down. I'll never forget the looks in the dogs eyes as the vet was putting them to sleep. It was like they were telling me why are you doing this to me. Never owned a dog since then.
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