A message of consolation

To the parents and those of you who have lost a friend to suicide:

Writing this letter is not easy for me. It took courage to compose these words. I’m writing not for me. I’m writing this letter to the parents who lost their loved one to suicide. I am also writing this letter to those of you who lost a friend to suicide.

I know it’s hard for the parents to lose their loved ones, but it can be prevented by talking to their teenagers and having a public meeting with teenagers.

As I said at the beginning of this letter, it wasn’t easy for me to write about this because I lost my close friend from suicide a few weeks ago.

Suicide must stop.

My deepest sympathy to parents who lost their loved ones by suicide – all that is left is the good memories that you had, and you two will meet again some day, and there will be good times again.

To everyone all over Nunavut: let’s be stronger and stop suicide from happening and let’s talk about suicide with teenagers.

Suicide stops here. Our teenagers are our future.

Tommy Taylor Dialla
Pangnirtung