A quiet young woman found dead, splattered across the sidewalk outside of her apartment. Her cause of death: suicide. No one could imagine why she would commit suicide. The police interviewed neighbors and witnesses. Everyone said that she seemed normal, but did anyone really know her? Every year hundreds of people choose to take their own lives. What do these acts accomplish except to start a chair of events and feelings that will devastate all who loved the person that committed suicide?
             First, the family, the friends, and the loved ones will experience some of the most destructive feelings a human can endure: shock, sadness, anger, confusion, blame, then guilt. This family must now begin a process of mourning that will never end. After the family accepts that this is not a dream, and that its little girl has died, the tears begin to pour. After they have cried till there are no tears left to shed, rage will fill their souls. They will curse the poor girl for abandoning them. Then there will be silence, very briefly. And then the first question will be asked, "Why?" They will ask what someone could have done to mistreat her in such a way that she felt she should take her life. They will begin to point fingers at one another, saying, "It's your fault! You never told her that you were proud of her!" Next, they will change the way their fingers point, and they will now point to themselves. Guilt: this feeling could, and often does, haunt each individual of the family for the rest of their lives.
             That is only the emotional hardships that this young woman has placed on her family. What about the financial burdens now placed on them? The family must spend thousands of dollars in order to pay for a funeral. They must deal with trying to sell the apartment and all of her belongings. They will have to pay off all of her debt that she left them with.
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