Saturday, October 10, 2009

A Message From Rich Hendrix -

Do All You Can Do and Do Some More

We see the COP shows and all that crap on TV, but it's TV. Now, I know what it is really like.I walked into my daughter's townhouse on Thursday night and it wasn't TV. She was lifeless and cold lying on her bed. She was an Alcoholic. As is usually the case, she hid it very well and I didn't know about her disease until about a year ago. She has been taking meds for depression and was also taking scripts for sleep aids. My baby girl is gone....TOUGH LOVE, BABYSITTING, 1 ROUND THRU TREATMENTS....nothing seemed to keep her off the vodka for very long. My baby girl is gone.

The Med. Examiner is listing it as suicide, but they won't have the tox back for several weeks. Still there is one question in my mind that will never be answered. Did she commit suicide or was she just too drunk to know what she was doing. My heart tells me she couldn't take her own life and will cling to that.

So when you think you've done all you can do, do some more!

In Memory of : Angela Marie Winegar (Hendrix) July 11, 1974-October 8, 2009

8 Comments:

At Sat Oct 10, 08:51:00 PM CDT, Blogger LindaWright said...

Rich,

I am very sorry for your loss.

 
At Sat Oct 10, 10:59:00 PM CDT, Blogger Carla said...

My heart goes out to you and your family.

 
At Sun Oct 11, 08:45:00 AM CDT, Blogger Deb Parsons Mooney said...

Rich--there just are no words. I don't know if I've told any of ny classmates about the following but I think it helps to make your point.I have a daughter who is Bi-polar and she made an attempt on her life a couple of years ago. Thank God she wasn't successful but I KNOW the fear of the possibility and I know a VERY small amount of what you and your family are going through. You will be in my thoughts and prayers as well as everyone else's who reads about your loss. And you're right: do what you can do and then...do some more. It's what we do when we're parents. I know you did all you could. Sometimes there is just no getting through to them. If it's any comfort at all, when I talked to my daughter afterwards, she told me that she was , in fact, depressed, but didn't intend to go through with it. It just got out of control. I'm sure that's what happened with your daughter and sadly, many others. Please know that many of us are thinking of you and sharing some small measure of your pain.

 
At Wed Oct 14, 02:20:00 PM CDT, Blogger rene lasswell said...

Rich, My heartfelt sympathies and prayers are with you and your family.I, too, know a small measure of your pain after losing someone I deeply loved to drugs.Keep the wonderful memories close to your heart. Take care, please.

 
At Wed Oct 14, 02:20:00 PM CDT, Blogger rene lasswell said...

Rich, My heartfelt sympathies and prayers are with you and your family.I, too, know a small measure of pain after losing someone I deeply loved to drugs.Keep the wonderful memories close to your heart. Take care, please.

 
At Thu Oct 15, 09:05:00 PM CDT, Blogger Rich Hendrix said...

Thank you, all, for the prayers and support that have been sent our way.
Today was OK. I know that there will be OK days, good days and bad days. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. The Lord hears and your support becomes our strength.
We are truly grateful.
Richard

 
At Sat Oct 24, 01:13:00 PM CDT, Blogger Flora Allen said...

Oh Rich, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Sometimes we think we have experienced all of the bad things that could happen to a person, but then there is this. Losing one of your children is the worst heart breaking experience. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

 
At Sun Dec 13, 06:34:00 PM CST, Blogger Bill Robinson said...

Rich, sorry to hear about this. Our thoughts and prayers are with you

 

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