horror in the headlines: mother slits childrens’ wrists

I’ve been thinking about this story all day, wondering if I dared say anything about it here. She was a mother of two, in desperate mental straights. She did this horrible thing to her children, and then herself. Amazingly, her neighbors knew something was happening, and summoned the police who, forcing their way into the house, were able to save the children. And the mother. This woman is a single mother. She is being treated for mental disorders, and her children are being cared for. I don’t know how you live with that memory, either as the child or the mother. I don’t know how you survive that kind of horror. I know that mental illness is harrowing, both for the person who suffers it, and for the loved ones who suffer along with them. Depression can destroy entire families; who knows how others struggle through illnesses... [read full story]