My prog mentor is gone

[ctask]

Yvette, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Sending love and prayers for you and your family. May Mary Ann have the peace now that she sought from her pain.


xoxoxo

[Lulu Mortice]

I am sorry for your loss Yvette. May you find consolation in remembering the good times.

[Dances w/PURPLE]

Yvette: Gentle hugs around you and your loved ones at this time. I hope your moments reflecting on her give you much comfort right now and in the future. Healing to you and yours.

[chipperoo]

So sorry Yvette. Peace to you and your family.

[relayeire]

My dear aunt Mary Ann, who was responsible for introducing me to prog, and who was closer to me than my own mother for a portion of my life, took her own life Wednesday night. She had been dealing with severe depression for nigh on 11 years, and the past few months have been very difficult for her and my mother, with whom she lived with. Many trips to the hospital to diagnose ailments that were never there, a pharmacy of medications that never worked, and the inability to express everything that was going on to anyone finally took its toll. Suicide is not something I am accustomed to; this is my first experience. Sadly, it was something my family feared. My mother prolonged necessary hip replacement surgery because she couldn't leave my aunt alone. But even being in the next room couldn't prevent this.

She took me to all the first concerts: Supertramp in 79, Genesis in 81, Yes in 85, Rush in 86, the list goes on. She introduced me to sci-fi, conventions, malls, cross country trips. I was going to NJ tomorrow night and had planned to take her out to lunch and get a handle on what she was going through. I think what most family members of suicides deal with, and what I'm having a hard time with, is recalling the last time you spoke to them, the last time you said I love you, and the pain of not being able to have them in your life. A heart attack, which my dad suffered last year, is quick; depression is watching someone die a little each day, knowing that one day there won't be anything left. There are no words to express how much I will miss her.

Sorry I didn't see this sooner. My condolences to you and your family, Yvette. Mary Ann sounds like a wonderful aunt.

[Bluegrunt]

It is so sad. Depression really is a bugger. Best wishes to you Yvette, please stay strong.
I can't even begin to think about how to handle a suicide, it is such a waste of what sounds like a lovely person.

[Jackaranda]

Just saw this Yvette. I'm so very sorry for your loss.

[yesanneyes]

Yvette - I am so sorry to hear this. It's just so very tragic. I've dealt with this, and it's just so painful. Much love to you and your family.

[sleeptalker]

So sorry to read your news Yvette. My family has lost two members to depression & suicide in the past 15 years. I was close to my neice who was diagnosed with BiPolar and took her life at age 32.

My thoughts are with you and hopefully your family will draw closely together during this time and give each other love & support.

My sincere condolences.