(It is still very difficult to go back to that place in time and to relive the unfathomable agony and sorrow of this past year.)  My youngest son, James Stephen Cooper, took his own life leaving a huge void in our family’s fabric.  The day started out fairly normal...

On March 5th, it will be one year since we lost Stephen. The time has passed slowly in some ways and raced by in others. We find ourselves in a totally different place – emotionally, physically and spiritually since that day he left us. We have moved forward, each...

Romans 2:2 (KJV)2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Introduction: “Pressure – a constraining force, a squeezing” That how Websters defines the word. Young people face face all kinds of pressure, but peer pressure – the force exerted...

Our daughter’s first husband died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. There will always be a question as to whether it was intentional suicide or if it was an accident. Whatever the situation, he died. Later, our daughter then died suddenly at age 45. Their first child, my grandson, later...

When I was asked to contribute to this website, I never thought i would face the situation I did a few weeks ago. My grandson thought he wanted to commit suicide. He was taking some prescription medicine, so he decided to take half a bottle of it. Then he...