Monday was a sad day at FS. We wish we could have been there with them but were there in our hearts. On Sunday the call came that another of our beautiful young women had killed herself. Who it was was a shock, however; a lovely, bright 22 year-old named Shanti (it means 'peace') who had started in screen printing but had been promoted and was working happily in the office for the past six months. She had even just given out wages to the entire staff on Friday. There was absolutely no warning.........
She was found hanging from the ceiling fan that was still going inside her locked room. The last phone call on her phone was apparently from her boyfriend who it is rumored had just broken off their engagement.
Suicides happen far too often in the district where we live. They also seem to be somewhat glamorized by the young; a final, terrible statement to those who have hurt them. When life has been hard sometimes hope is scarce and things that 'shouldn't' become too much.
She didn't have to die, however. She had a loving community of 200 at FS that would have surrounded her. That community is now devastated by the loss.
Maybe somehow the knowledge that others cared so much for Shanti and would have been there for her will keep someone else from following her path. May HOPE reign..............
