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A sad, sad story. I have a neighbor named Kim. A sweet lady. yesterday at 8:52 AM she made this post on Facebook.

Susan can deal with stress and carry heavy burdens. She smiles when she feels like screaming, and she sings when she feels like crying. She cries when she's happy and laughs when she's afraid. Her love is unconditional. There's only one thing wrong with her. She forgets what she's worth! L-o-v-e-y-o-u

I don't know who Susan is.

After some chatter with friends, at 10:58 AM, she posted.

"OK, that's it for me. It's nap time."

At about noon another neighbor saw Kim's husband drive up to his house. He heard:

"Len! Len! Call an ambulance! Kim's blown her head off"!

After her 10:58 post she apparently went out to her front yard, sat in her lawn chair and shot herself with a .270 rifle.

I didn't know Kim well even though we'd been 4 house away neighbors for 6 years.. I walk a lot and when Kim would pass me she'd run down her window and shout Hi David"! It always gave me a lift. She walked her dog a lot and when she would pass by our house, we'd chat for a while.

This morning after I got the sad news, I walked past her house and was looking at her front yard, when I heard her poor little dog barking. My heart dropped.

We had thunder showers today and had a spectacular sundown. Kim had the same view from her front yard as we do. It's across a lake. The sky turned a pale yellow. I don't remember seeing such a sunset before.

My wife and I were sitting on the deck watching the sunset. She said "I wish Kim could see this." So did I. I hope Kim has escaped her demons---what ever they were.

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