Losing her husband Feb. 2, 2001 to cancer and then losing her son to suicide Dec. 20, 2004, leaves "No Greater Loss." Expressing her grief through poetry, Linda reaches out to others providing comfort and promoting suicide awareness. Linda has written a song, "No Greater Loss", which was recorded by Kayla Frank, in Wilmington, NC. Kayla was working on some Christian songs she had written and recorded on her cd with "No Greater Loss" and sang at church and at church camps reaching out to other young teens. Depression is an illness which shouldn't go untreated. Unless you have suffered it, many do not know the signs for depression or suicide. Many don't know about bipolar disorder and the signs for it. Both are treatable, but left unattended, it often leads to suicide. Suicide is not a sin, it is the result of an illness that was left untreated. No one really knows how much one can handle or what their coping skills are. It is my desire to bring awareness to others about depression, bipolar, and suicide so that more people know the signs and are able to help anyone that might be in denial or suffering alone. When they are seriously depressed, they feel alone and unloved, even though they are surrounded by many that love them. Linda expresses her feelings she encountered during her grief process in hopes that others experiencing a loss by suicide can relate and find her poems and information of some comfort to them.
