Suicide, Death and Family Tragedies
Life isn't always smooth. Read how these business leaders handle tragedies.
The Herb Buller story
This is a story of a man who thought he knew who he was and what he believed until tragedy struck.
Suicide seemed like the only way to escape.
Bobby Dobson's life was dramatically transformed through personal tragedy.
“I was in the position where everybody wants to be, which is enough money to do whatever you wanted to do and no responsibility,” But then his newborn baby had health problems.
The sudden death of their brother, Dennis, who was a partner, was a devastating blow to Mike and Brian.
As a prisoner of war (POW) in Vietnam Risner faced death and tragedy and a deep darkness.
Thoughts of suicide: If you were crossing your college campus on a beautiful, sunny day and saw a young student staring off into space as he whiled away the afternoon on a park bench, probably the last thing you’d assume he was thinking about was suicide.
"My knowledge, strength of will, college degrees and business success were important to me, and I put them ahead of everything else."
I thought, Maybe there IS no purpose in life. That’s when I began to think about suicide. I was married to a famous man, had a nice home and healthy children, plenty of money, yet I had no hope.
To our sadness, after several months, our son lost his battle with an inoperable brain tumor and died; however, to our joy, this brought Ed to know and trust the Lord and it also strengthened my faith.
“Sometimes, it is very, very hard, because we miss her so much, but I know God is good. When I feel low, through prayer and reading God's Word, my strength is renewed and I am able to get back up and go on."
Eventually, Penny became so despondent that she found herself sitting at the foot of her bed holding a gun to her head. But, try as she might, she couldn’t bring herself to pull the trigger, because she could not stand the thought of abandoning her children to this madness.
After confirming the family’s wishes one last time, the man in the white uniform put his hand on the ventilator tube and pulled it out of Mrs. Tillman’s mouth. Her reaction was immediate. Her eyes opened wide and she let out a cough.
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