"How to Save a Life..."

"...Pray to God he hears you
and pray to God he hears you
and where did I go wrong
I lost friend somewhere along in the bitterness,
and if I'd have stayed up with you all night,
then I'd know how to save a life,
where did I go wrong..." --the fray

I guess this is our way of 'staying up...all night" because we don't really know how to save a life, but we want to do all we can.

*We are participating in the AFSP Out of Darkness Overnight Race Against Suicide.
Please donate. All proceeds go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

Ashley:
http://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=10008832

Christianne:
http://www.theovernight.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=10008897

If each person who visited this site in the past few weeks donated $10.00 dollars, you would have combined to donate $4,350.00--

Chances are higher that you'll figure out how many people have visited this site before you'll donate... Even if you only donate $5.00. and go without 1.2 gallons of gas this week, pack a PB&J sadwich for lunch rather than buying, go without 1 bag of chips, take a water bottle and save buying 2, take I-95 rather than the Turnpike, rent a movie rather than going to the theatre, sell back even a poorly refunded textbook,or gather all the coin change you have lying around--you will have made up the difference.

Facts: Every 16 minutes someone dies by suicide.
Every 8 minutes someone attempts to die by suicide.
At some point we have to decide to do something,
By not deciding, you decide to do nothing.
Reading this may cause you to feel uncomfortable.

I realize I cannot make you do anything you don't want to--just like all the love, and support and funds in the world can't help some people that has decided suicide is his only option--we each must decide for ourselves. The truth is that suicide is something that makes people uncomfortable, they don't want to talk about it, they don't know what to say, they go to great lengths to avoid it, they think if they don't think about it--it will go away. But then you lose someone you love to suicide and you realize it will never go away unless we learn more, increase awareness and provide opportunites for others to learn more and/or recieve help if they are struggling.

I know that many of you have provided a great deal of love and support over the past 10 months, and I appreciate it very much. This is very important to me. I know I can't bring my brother back to life, but if I can help even 1 person, or contribute $10.00, or walk 20 miles, maybe his life, death and all this pain will not be wasted.

I'm posting Scott's obituary to show that depression and suicide happen to real people. No one is immune. You NEVER would have known that Scott struggled. Just like you and I can't tell who around us is suffering, join with Christi & I as we do all we can.
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Our beloved daddy, Scott McClain Crist, suddenly passed away on Monday, July 3, 2006, in Farmington, Utah. Born in Bountiful, Utah on December 30, 1977, to Neil and Shannon Crist, Scott grew up in Bountiful and attended Bountiful High School. He married our mommy, Jami Borg, February 8, 2001. Daddy enjoyed many different sports and was a natural athlete. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved snowmobiling, wakeboarding and fishing. He held the record for the largest Muskie caught in Utah. Daddy's friends and family were very important to him and he always wanted to see us happy. He loved taking us fishing, to Jazz games and to Lake Powell. We loved having daddy lay by us at night to watch movies while we fell asleep. Scott is survived by his wife, Jami; their three beautiful children, Sydney (4), Stockton (3) and Samantha (1); his parents; his siblings, Matt Greaves (Laurel), Park City; Brad, Salt Lake; and Ashley, Provo. Scott is preceded in death by his grandparents, Royal and Alice Fisher, and Royce Crist. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 8, 2006, at 12:00 noon at the Bountiful 50th Ward Chapel, 33 South Moss Hill Dr. (1500 East). Friends may call Friday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main and Saturday morning from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at the church prior to services. Interment-Bountiful City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Scott Crist Memorial Fund fbo Sydney, Stockton and Samantha Crist at any Zions Bank. "Daddy, we love you all the way to Heaven!"