Suicide is For

Pussies!

By Vonia Martin

For some time now I have been trying to think of a way to stop orphans from killing themselves. This is not so easy when there is so little for them to live for. Especially when people that have families, education, careers, friends, and even money kill themselves over something as trivial as loosing their job. Seriously? No one with any, some, or all the above should be even thinking about killing themselves. I mean how can we get these kids with nothing not to kill themselves when people with everything are offing themselves? Veterans, police officers, native Americans, and kids that have aged out of the system have the highest suicide rates in the country. Veterans and police officers  are so riddled with guilt at having had to kill someone they kill themselves. Which, to me, seems ridiculous when they are just defending themselves and/or innocent people or are following orders. Even if someone accidentally dies from an officers bullet, don’t kill yourself over it. We need all the police officers that we can get! You are a special breed of human that doesn’t get nearly the credit you deserve. Accidents happen. Life is a risk and you put yours on the line for the rest of us so we can forgive you an accident on occasion. In the heat of the moment things happen decisions aren’t easy to make when bullets are flying. The fact that you value life so much that yours takes a back seat to saving the innocent and not so innocent is amazing. All lives matter, even yours!