If I were speaking to someone
who had lost their child to suicide--first of all,
the sadness, anger, regret, those things are
very common feelings. It happens to everybody. Everyone involved will start
wondering, "What could I have done differently? How could I have done it? And if I had done this,
then something different would have happened." What I want to say is that
this is not your fault. This is not an indictment
of your parenting. Saying things like "How could
my child have done this?" is also not very helpful because
even you, as the loving parent, don't know enough to
judge, and that judging is a completely unhelpful thing. Leave that to God. I think that the
right things are to know that your child, now in
the spirit world, can progress. I believe, the vast
majority of cases, we'll find that these
individuals have lived heroic lives and
that that suicide will not be a defining characteristic
of their eternities. And to the extent that he trusts
the Savior, he will be healed. You too have the ability
to trust the Savior, and you too will be healed.