Originally Posted by bevinva

The sweet 16 party she went to was last night, about 60 guests. On a sad note, a boy who went to school with all of them killed himself on thursday. There was a bowl to put notes for the family in at the party, and his stepbrother and two friends stopped by to say a few words. He was not a child you would ever expect to do this. So even if they are materialistic at times we should just love our kids and be open to listen to them no matter what they have to tell us.

She is worried about keeping it together at the viewing, so am I.

Originally Posted by tamms_1965

How sad! It is very very sad when a young person passes regardless of how it happened or how well you knew them. Keep strong and encourage her to go with a friend or two to the viewing. I had a student pass last spring and the kids really supported each other during it all.