Shannon Gallagher - Words are inadequate

Once again we are at the point where words are unequal to the task of expressing the anguish every parent must feel for the family of Shannon Gallagher, 15, who took her own life less than two months after her younger sister Erin died in the same way.

Some of us believe in prayer, some believe in hope, others in the comfort and refuge of a deep spiritual silence. However we acknowledge our vulnerability as humans we should include the Gallagher family in those moments of reflection. It will not undo the tragedy they face but if being human is to mean anything we must try to ease the terrible pain they must be, and will be, enduring.

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