"Ever since I published a story in this magazine two years ago about the suicide of my son's classmate Trevor Matthews, I have been overwhelmed with correspondence from parents and young people in desperate pain, including from families who have lost children to suicide... my reporting frequently consists of telling stories on behalf of people who want them to be told."
"Losing a child to suicide confers an unwelcome identity, but like all unwelcome identities, it can be imbued with grace. There is no inherent worth in devastation, but meaning can be spun from any loss."
"The parents' courageous determination to save other people's children as solace for the loss of their own is generous. Amplifying these voices is a way of paying tribute to them."
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