My son died on July 4 2018 from a heroin overdose.
My daughter and I were 1500 miles away on a vacation. I was sitting on the beach when my husband called. He said “where are you’’ I said “sitting on the beach,” and He said please go up to your room and call me back” I knew immediately what he was going to say. But I kept making excuses in my mind as I rode up the elevator. I thought maybe he overdosed but they got him to a hospital in time.
I was right but I was wrong. My husband found our 19-year-old child dead in his bed. This is the last picture we took together. I miss him more than I can ever explain. We tried our hardest to get him help. He was in and out of rehab for the last 5 years of his life. We did everything we could to help him, but it wasn’t enough.
Story Credit: LaNelle Stanhope