That question has stayed with me for years. It still makes me wince. In 2018, I lost a loved one to suicide. He hung himself without leaving a word, at least not one that we know of. At his wake, I saw so many different versions of him through the stories others shared. And yet, there was a thread that ran through every story: he was loved, he was kind, he cared deeply, he was always there for people who were hurting. I was always in awe of the work he did, though quietly afr