MY DAUGHTER IN LAW SUICIDE ATTEMPT HOW I SAVED HER LIFE
MY DAUGHTER IN LAW SUICIDE ATTEMPTS SHE ARRIVED FROM MIAMI BROKEN BY A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIPS WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE HER EXPERIENCING USING ECSTACY MOLLY'S DRUG OF CHOICE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS MAXING OUT DADS AND HER MOMS CREDIT CARDS SHE WAS PRETTY BITTER NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO SHE ARRIVE EITH TWO BLACK EYES AS SHE TRIED TO COVER WITH FONDATION WITH PRESCRIPTION FROM THE COLLEGE CAMPUS ADAPTING TO A NEWLY BLENDED MARRIAGE MY HUSBAND AND I MY GRANDDAUGHTER WERE A FAMILY THIS SENT HER OVER THE EDGE SHE STAYED IN THE ROOM FINALLY I WALKED PASS THE ROOM SHE WAS SLEEPING I TOLD MY HUSBAND TO CHECK ON HER HE DID SHE WOUKD WAKE UP HE RESPONDED SHE JUST TIRED MAYBE SHE NEED HER REST I PASSED THE ROOM AGAIN AND SAW PILL BOTTLES A PILLS ON THE FLOOR I YELL NOT THAT KIND OF REST GET YOUR DAUGHTER UP HE SAID I CAN'T I SAID YOU'RE HER FATHER YOU PICK HER LIKE YOU DID WHEN SHE WAS A BABY WE HAVE TO SAVE HER LIFE WE HAVE TO SAVE YOUR DAUGHTER PICK HER UP TAKE HER TO THE SHOWER TURN ON THE COLD WATER GET IN THERE WE BOTH GOT IN THAT SHOWER SOAK AND WET WATER ALL OVER THE FLOORS I SAID SHE CAN'T DIE WE HELD HER UNDER THE COLD WATER I WAS REMINDED OF MY SONS AWAKENING ME FROM A THREE DAY COMA SHE BEGAN TO COME AROUND SHE SAID I DIDN'T EXPECT TO WAKE UP HER LIVE WAS SAVED BY GODS GRACE I SAW THE PILLS BOTTLES AND REACTED SHE CAME TO OUR HOME TO KILL HERSELF SHE SURVIVED I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT HORROR MY GRANDDAUGHTER WATCHIBG THROUGH THE BATHROOM DOOR COMPLETE DEVESTATION SUICIDE IS REAL WE WERE BLESSED I RESPONDED IN TIME MY HUSBAND WAS SO UPSET WITH WORRY HAVING A CHILD COMMIT SUICIDE IN YOUR BEDROOM ADDICTED TO DRUGS SAD BECAUSE OF A BREAK UP WITH A VERY ABUSIVE MAN IN COLLEGE THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD US JUST HOW BAD THE ABUSE WAS NO SHE WASN'T MY REAL DAUGHTER AT THAT TIME SHE WAS EVERYBODY'S DAUGHTER I FEARED FOR HER MY 9 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WAS TRAUMATIZED COMPLETELY SHE WAS ADMITTED ONLY TO ESCAPE BACK TO FORT LAUDERDALE TO BE ADMITTED AGAIN MY HUSBAND WAS SO AFRAID WHY WOUKD GROWN COLLEGE STUDENT COME FOR A VISIT TO KILL HER AFTER THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT IT TOOK AWHILE FOR MY HUSBAND TO HEAL EMOTIONALLY WHAT SUICIDE DOES TO THE PEOPLE THEY LEAVE BEHIND SHE LEFT A SUICIDE NOTE SORRY I'M GOING TO BE WITH THE ANGELS NOW I CAN HEAR GOD CALLING ME WE WERE VERY BLESSED HAD I NOT ACTED AFTER SEEING THOSE PILL BOTTLES MY HUSBAND THOUGHT SHE WAS RESTING SLEEPING SOUNDLY I SAID PICK HER UP NOW HE DID JUST THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET STANDING IN THAT SHOWER PRAYING FOR HER PRAYING FOR MY HUSBAND SAVING HER LIFE BAPTIZING HER UNDER THAT WATER AT THE SAME TIME MY HUSBAND IS STILL AFRAID FOR HER TO EVEN VISIT THAT SCARRED HIM SO MUCH HE NEEDED THERAPY TO COPE ANXIETY IF YOU HAVE AN ADDICT LIVING WITH YOU BE PREPARED SAVE SOMEONE I KNOW I DID AND I THANK GOD I WAS THERE LIKE SHE WAS CHILD GIVING BIRTH AND SAVING SOMEONES LIFE IS ALMOST THE SAME WHEN YOU SEE THEM OPEN THEIR EYES WHEN YOU KNOW THEY ARE SAFE IT COULD HAVE BEEN TRADGIC HAD I NOT WENT TO CHECK ON MY OWN WE WOUKD HAVE HAD TO CALL THE MORGUE COMPLETELY DEVESTATING BY GODS GRACE WE ARE ALL BLESSED
Copyright © Yolanda Joy Nicholsen | Year Posted 2025
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