Dear Chris

You didn't have to die. No matter how hopeless you thought your life was, or would be, all you had to do was tell someone. Anyone. We could have fixed it. Sure, thoughts of the future are scary, and were probably more scary with your challenges, but you didn't have to make all of your decisions right away. You could have taken some time to see what jobs you were interested in. You could have stayed in school longer. You didn't have to worry about moving out. If you wanted to try living away from home, you could have lived with any of us for awhile. It would have been a good way to transition. See? Everything is fixed. All you had to do was say something.