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• 1/28/2009 9:43 AM sharon wrote:
  Heard your story today on a podcast I downloaded, Hearing Voices. I was quite moved. Your comment, "you can't take your life, its not yours to take" really struck a cord.
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  1. 1/28/2009 12:09 PM Steve Fugate wrote:
     Thank you Sharon for letting me know. Such words of encouragement are verification I am doing something right ... this is the fuel which keeps me going. I believe we all have the right to do whatever we desire in this life as long as we do no harm to others. A simple fact; suicide can totally destroy the lives of those left behind! This is why I am emphatic in stressing, "You can't take your own life it's not yours to take!!" Our lives belong not only to us but to our family and friends, they have a huge investment in us... LOVE!  
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     1. 1/29/2009 6:22 PM Heidi R wrote:
        Dear Steve,
        
        I too just heard your story from the NPR "Hearing Voices" series and was deeply touched.
        
        Thank you not only for having the courage to share your loss but also for showing the strength to heal your life.
        
        I am so sorry for the loss of both your son and daughter. I mean that from my heart.
        
        I know the pain of suicide as my niece, Brandi, took her own life in 2000, just days after her 15th birthday.
        
        The axis on which my very existence had spun, shifted. A person cannot know the depth of grief, until they are pushed down it's dark well. It would be many days before I could see the light.
        
        After drowning my pain in alcohol for several years, I finally "got sober" through the help of a lifesaving 12 step program and was able to see the pain I was causing my family and myself.
        
        Most days are good now. I do not always cry when I talk about her death but sometimes in the dark of the night, I so long to clutch her to me and never let go.
        
        I send you my love across the miles beacause you are part of my human family. Where you have pain, I wince and where you have joy, I smile.
        
        Keep on Loving Life! You are changing the world for the better!!
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• 1/28/2009 5:13 PM Yari wrote:
  I also caught your interview on the Hearing Voices podcast. Looks like life has put you out there for an important purpose. Thanks for bringing this message out.
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  1. 2/25/2009 9:50 PM Steve Fugate wrote:
     Thank you Yari. In tribute to my children and to keep my mind off my own pain, I do have a purpose: To mend the broken heart before it stops beating.
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• 1/30/2009 3:34 PM Lindsey wrote:
  You said: "you can't take your life, its not yours to take"
  
  gave me clarity!
  
  Thank you for your inspiration walk(s)may you find solace.
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  1. 2/25/2009 10:14 PM Steve Fugate wrote:
     Thank you Lindsy. I have found solace, I've found it by being used to give you and others clarity about how very important we are to the ones who love us. No, our lives our not just our own to do with as we wish. Freedom is wonderful and we are all free to do anything we want... except hurt others. And the taking of ones life goes way beyond just causing horrible pain to the ones who love us, it can and does destroy the lives of the ones left behind.
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• 2/3/2009 6:59 PM tylina wrote:
  i just listened your story on a podcast of hearing voices.
  
  
  i'd like to say so much to you, but all i can get out is:
  
  i love you. thank you.
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• 2/16/2009 6:49 AM Siava wrote:
  Your blog looks great... I liked it a lot.
  cobro
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  1. 2/25/2009 10:20 PM Steve Fugate wrote:
     Thank you Siava. But the credit for the wonderful looking blog and website goes to another Steve, who, like you, heard the NPR broadcast and then asked if I might need some help with my website. Man, did I jump at that offer!
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• 3/26/2009 6:18 AM Jill Walentine wrote:
  Love you so much, praying for you!
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  1. 3/26/2009 6:50 AM Steve Fugate wrote:
     Thank you so much... love and prayer... the perfect fuel for walking!
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• 3/26/2009 7:11 AM Allison wrote:
  The day is finally here. Good luck and best wishes on your next adventure.
  Allison
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