5/7/13 - A support group for family members affected by suicide will be holding an event next month to both remember and help heal. Each year, the Livingston County Survivors of Suicide Support Group remembers those who have been taken from them as a result of suicide with a commemorative balloon launch. The 10th annual event will be held June 4th from 7-9pm at Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital on Byron Road in Howell. Group Co-facilitator Laura Edwards says the loss of a loved one from suicide is a very different kind of loss than from diseases such as cancer. She says it often involves feelings of guilt over failure to have spotted the symptoms which lead to the suicide and thatâs why the group is so important for those who are left behind. The balloons â released by family members and others who have lost a loved one to suicide â will contain a personal note to the suicide victim. Edwards and her husband Jeff, who live in Genoa Township, lost their 12-year-old son to suicide in 2003. Both speak before local school groups to talk about factors that lead down the path to suicide and how to spot the symptoms before itâs too late. (JK)
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