Give a Cheer
memorial to my friend Greg who killed himself on 1/12/11.
The brown journaling areas have words to the song Silent Lucidity by Queensryche.
top box says
Hush now, don't you cry; Wipe away the teardrop from your eye. You're lying safe in bed, It was all a bad dream spinning in your head. Your mind tricked you to feel the pain of someone close to you leaving the game… of life. So here it is, another chance; Wide awake you face the day. Your dream is over... or has it just begun?
Bottom strips say
I will be watching over you. I am gonna help you see it through. I will protect you in the night. I am smiling next to you, in Silent Lucidity.
Journaling box (i will put his memorial card behind it)
Erin texted me and said I needed to call because she couldn't tell me what she had to say by text. I never thought the words would be “Greg Marchese shot himself.” I was on a date and all I could do was get up and walk away and say “what?!” over and over again. I don't remember what else she said after that.
The first thought I had was “this cannot be happening.” It reopened the wound of your brother's suicide. It was senseless. I was heartsick for your father. Two sons committing suicide and neither left a note or a clue as to why. And he had lost both wives to illness. I went home and after hours of phone calls was told the speculation was you killed yourself over your breakup with Virginia.
Two days later I was driving with my daughter in the car when the song “Silent Lucidity” by Queensryche came on. I hadn't heard it in a very long time and when I heard it I just broke down. I texted Kim and she said that the song had popped in her head that day as well! We both felt it was as if you were telling us “I'm sorry, I'm at peace now and I'll be looking out for you.”
We had been friends from 1981. We even dated a short time and I always regretted the reason we broke up. But we managed to stay friends after that and even ‘reconcile' for a brief moment in 1989. The last picture I have of you is camping in 1991. Then you left for college and that was it. Last time we actually spoke was on Facebook in July 2009. I had no idea you were going through so much because you didn't tell me about the divorce or Virginia. You sounded like you had everything you ever wanted.
Now it's too late to just say “hi.” I hope you are at peace now and are with your mom and Chris. And I hope you are in fact smiling next to me…in Silent Lucidity.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
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