For Scarlette
Last week the LG15 Community lost one of it’s members. Her name was Scarlette also known by the username buttercup. The entire LG15 team is saddened by this tragic loss and our thoughts are with her family and friends.
There will be a Moment of Silence for Scarlette on Monday at 6:00 pm PST (9:00 PM EST) on the comment board and in the chat room at lg15.com.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide there is help. Here are just a few resources:
March 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Oh wow.. Rest In Peace.
My condolences to her poor family and her friends, online and real life.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I have gone from crying to screaming in empty rooms to talking things out with mutual friends of Scarlette’s. I now live with the pain that I was actually talking to her on Myspace when she took the pills, and then sent me a final message, “I have to go now, I can’t be helped anymore.” I replied asking what she meant, but she never even read the message.
Scarlette had led a tragic life. She was on her own at 15. Yet, she had lifted herself up, worked hard to get her GED, and recently finding a room and shelter with Dan, another LG15 member, her future seemed much brighter. She was enjoying her new job as a receptionist in a medical office, and she had the most positive attitude I have perhaps ever witnessed in a person.
She was absolutely beautiful, but that beauty could match the even greater beauty of her soul and the depth of her heart. She was intelligent, vibrant, fun, sexy, insightful, loving… a pure joy. I talked to her every day. I loved her.
Scarlette, why did you do this? I asked you what was wrong, and you simply said you didn’t want to talk about it, even as you were in the act of taking your own life. I shouldn’t have let it go. Why didn’t you talk to me? Why did you feel this was the better way? So many people loved you. Why couldn’t you let us help you? How could you leave us all in such pain like this?
I will never forget you. I miss you so much.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
oh my gosh. montelac.. thats so horrible. i cant even imagine what you felt when you read that message, and then you found out the worst.. :’(
i didnt even know her, but this is just so terribly sad
March 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I was one of the few, it seems, who didn’t know her. It pains me greatly to see the toll it’s taken on her friends… I know what it’s like to lose someone to suicide, and I know what it’s like to feel the hurt of trying to keep going on afterward.
My prayers are with her friends, her family, and the LG15 community as they recover from this. From someone who’s been to the edge and back….. I can’t imagine what could have pushed her over.
RIP Scarlette…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
This is terrible! I wish her family and friends a lot of strenght. Really sad
March 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
oh my god! oh my god! Holy F-ing Sh*t! I give sincerest condolences to Montelac and anyone else… losing someone is never easy, but when that person is as Monte described her, nothing can ever replace that person… Monte, I hope you feel better, and I really hope she’s happy wherever she is now.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
i didnt kno scarlette personally but she seemed like an amazing person. for all of her friends on here and her family — you are in my thoughts and prayers. stay strong!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:52 am
This really is painful to see happen among the LG15 community. My life has been affected by tragedies similar to Scarlette’s, and though I was not lucky enough to know her, I can feel the pain all over again just seeing it hurt others. And she was such a beautiful girl, too.
No one ever do this to yourself!
R.I.P. Scarlette
I truly hope you are smiling now, wherever you are
March 31st, 2008 at 9:19 am
when i found out my first reaction was pain,shock and denial. anger even. i kept asking myself if there was something i could do…if there was something any of us could do…to stop this. we lost a great person, a beautiful girl an amazing frend. i will always remember you scarlette. and i will always hope that you found peace after all…
March 31st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
R.I.P. Scarlette…omg I’ve never gone this long without talking to you…I will never forget you. I miss you so much. Scarlette I truly hope you are smiling now, wherever you are
March 31st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Oh gosh. Look at her. She was so young and beautiful! I never knew her or ever encountered her on the forum, but I hope she goes to a better place. My condolences to her family, friends, online friends, and montelac; you are obviously aching, and I hope you find some comfort during this sad time, perhaps in knowing that she’s in everyone’s thoughts and prayers, even among those who were strangers to her in this online community. RIP.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Scarlette was a very beautiful person inside & out. She will be greatly missed and remembered.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I didnt know her, but everyone who did and were close your in my thoughts.
it’s been a month since my own brother took his own life if anyone needs to talk im here i know what your going through
April 1st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
You look so young and full of life… My prayers go out to your family.
I hope you found what you were searching for.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I can only imagine how devastating it must be for those who knew and loved her.
My very sincere condolences to all who are grieving.
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 am
I didn’t know her at all but I find myself crying now. I don’t even know what to say. To her family and friends: I pray that your heart will heal. Know that there are people out here who, even though they don’t know you, care about you.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
One of my best friends died recently and I don’t even know why or how. She did drugs alot and there is confusion whether it was an overdose, foul play or intentional. She was one of the few people that called me by the nickname I go by on the LG15 forum. She reminded me of Bree in some ways: she looked almost identical to her - the reason why I first clicked on LG15 I thought it was my friend lol - her name even begins with the letter B.
I never knew Scarlette but I am probably feeling the same way about my friend B that you guys are feeling about Scarlette.