FENTANYL KILLS: Kate Fowler's Story

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  • @joeyrichter6352
    @joeyrichter6352 Рік тому +453

    im a recovering heroin/fentanyl addict 6 months clean after an overdose nearly killed me. I pray more is done to slow down this pandemic.

    • @bonnitabee903
      @bonnitabee903 Рік тому

      Well done 🙏🦋I pray you stay strong …. Eckhart Tolle ( u find him on UA-cam ) is the best … as in … to help you with “ just everything “ hope you take the effort to listen to a few of his videos - he talks of living in the now - he wrote the book - as well as the New Earth
      - he can help you on your journey 🦋… I am an astrologer - in Cape Town - if you feel inclined

    • @missmiss44447
      @missmiss44447 Рік тому +11

      Good job 💕🕊️💕

    • @texasktea
      @texasktea Рік тому +21

      I hope you're still clean! I got 2.5 years!

    • @concepcionretuerce2377
      @concepcionretuerce2377 11 місяців тому +13

      My best wishes. When you are totally recovered, you can help other people using your experience to help others. Blessings 🏅🏆

    • @krereese
      @krereese 11 місяців тому +5

      I’m happy for your sobriety. Sending love and light to you ❤

  • @heidiroy-boy
    @heidiroy-boy Рік тому +1110

    I lost my 38 yr old son to an overdose last month..the pain is horrific..the grief overwhelming

    • @jasminegutierrez265
      @jasminegutierrez265 Рік тому +41

      I'm sorry 🙏🏼

    • @genevamoore4529
      @genevamoore4529 Рік тому +33

      Praying for you!!!

    • @DaisyJane0318
      @DaisyJane0318 Рік тому +29

      I'm so sorry for your loss 😢💔🙏

    • @sandymclean9630
      @sandymclean9630 Рік тому +18

      I am so so sorry
      nz

    • @JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9kh
      @JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9kh Рік тому +55

      He's in a better place. Trust me. I'm 32 and have been clean for 5 years, and I wish I died on my kitchen floor that one time I overdosed. Life isn't fair. It's brutal. 5 years clean, 32 years old, and still have no future, no direction, no skills, nothing. I'm currently on the verge of giving up. I had a job at the TSA that was going to work out. A federal job. But I failed my psychological exam because 7 years ago, when I was getting high, I was admitted into 3 psych wards, and apparently that disqualifies me. They give recovering addicts every reason to give up. I have nothing. At 32. I wish I was dead every single day, and if I didn't have a mentally challenged brother who needed me, I promise you, I'd be long gone off this earth. Your son is in a better place, I promise you. This world is hell. Literal hell.

  • @dawnaw1434
    @dawnaw1434 Рік тому +541

    My 25 yr. old son overdosed on Fentanyl almost 2 weeks ago. A lady happened to find him and called 911. He stopped breathing twice. I believe that it's by the grace of God that my son is still alive.

    • @Thoughtworld1984
      @Thoughtworld1984 11 місяців тому +20

      I pray he gets help and gets better 🙏

    • @BrianDelaney-e7v
      @BrianDelaney-e7v 11 місяців тому +31

      I don't mean to be rude, but where was God to save all the other children? Does he pick and choose? Doesn't seem to me like there's any God in the equation at all!

    • @Rocko1990
      @Rocko1990 10 місяців тому +6

      I'm so sorry. I hope he bets better. Do everything you can.

    • @Rocko1990
      @Rocko1990 10 місяців тому +33

      ​@@BrianDelaney-e7vhonestly though, even if that's true and it's what you believe, why would you say that to someone, especially someone who is in a state of grief and afraid they almost lost someone very close to them which would devastate them?Why would you attempt to strip from someone something that brings them comfort? I'm agnostic myself but it pisses me off when people make comments like you just did. We get it bro, you're so much smarter and better because you're an atheist

    • @Rocko1990
      @Rocko1990 10 місяців тому +32

      Also, I don't believe you "didn't mean to be rude". Yes you did, if you didn't, you would've kept your nasty comments to yourself. Time and place for those discussions, and this obviously ain't it. You just wanted to flex your self-perceived intellectual superiority

  • @SpuddersSpud-ps6dd
    @SpuddersSpud-ps6dd Рік тому +176

    I'm in Ireland, just looked at the stats in the US, 70k deaths last year from this? I'm speechless.

    • @jiive219
      @jiive219 Рік тому

      I’ll prefer be dead then like this …

    • @tann6971
      @tann6971 11 місяців тому +29

      This is why we need to close the borders

    • @Melanie-uy9yj
      @Melanie-uy9yj 10 місяців тому

      @@tann6971yeh because white Americans never produce or distribute drugs do they.

    • @heidismith4123
      @heidismith4123 9 місяців тому +8

      Obviously, we are too, sadly.
      This has to stop.
      Close the freaking border and make people pay like the Phillipines.
      That would stop iot PDQ!

    • @melsmith3662
      @melsmith3662 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@tann6971Yes. Absolutely.

  • @yeaitsmee
    @yeaitsmee Рік тому +255

    I lost my 30 year old big brother in '02 to an overdose. He was my best friend and I miss him every single day of my life. My mom grieved every day of her life until her own passing in '21. Watching my mom make the decision to cremate her child is a memory I wish I didn't have!
    My deepest sympathy and condolences to you and your family ❤

    • @bogse
      @bogse 9 місяців тому +4

      You are stong person, may the force be with you in your life.

    • @lindapaller472
      @lindapaller472 7 місяців тому +1

      I'm so very sorry.❤

    • @diemt.7023
      @diemt.7023 5 місяців тому

      very sorry to hear. Wish you strength and find friends supporting you.

  • @marisolsilva1562
    @marisolsilva1562 Рік тому +911

    This mother did everything, absolutely everything to help her daughter through the hardest of times... And now she's helping others. What a great woman she is, I am deeply grateful for her generosity. This video has made me think a lot. My sincere condolences.

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому +43

      From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your kindness.

    • @nydiairis2470
      @nydiairis2470 Рік тому +13

      Take organic melatonin for sleep. Change the environment and avoid toxic ppl.

    • @LuluBrit
      @LuluBrit Рік тому +24

      She’s a dream mother who didn’t deserve her beautiful & intelligent daughter to be murdered by poison. I’m so sorry for your loss. Just terrible. As a child, I didn’t care that my mother didn’t love or like me. I only wanted her to be nice to me, want me, & protect me. Instead, I was abused on a scale only a few know. After my final escape from a basement at 31, I’ve been searching for a family & parents I never had but always wanted like her. Sending love, strength, prayers, & healing to both you & your family 💕

    • @carolynloughran5450
      @carolynloughran5450 Рік тому +18

      @@nydiairis2470
      Nice advice. But it’s actually a little bit condescending. It sort of insinuates that if a person like Kate had followed your tips, she would still be alive today….which is a very narrow minded and righteous perspective.

    • @carolynloughran5450
      @carolynloughran5450 Рік тому

      @@nydiairis2470
      I’ve had severe issues with insomnia for years, and after trying everything under the sun, I can tell you melatonin is NOT the answer for a person with extensive sleeping difficulties. Kate had serious sleep disturbances…your organic suggestion wouldn’t have worked. At all. Full stop.

  • @evangelinalopezmerino8498
    @evangelinalopezmerino8498 Рік тому +105

    My son was bipolar,and he had really bad episodes of depression, he was under treatment, but he ended taking his own life two years ago.and, I’m still leaving a nightmare.

    • @KristalLuevano-fj5mv
      @KristalLuevano-fj5mv 10 місяців тому +1

    • @Peace-tk3gr
      @Peace-tk3gr 10 місяців тому +5

      So sorry for your loss 💔

    • @donnafontaine2799
      @donnafontaine2799 4 місяці тому

      That is very sad😢 so sorry

    • @amandarosario5773
      @amandarosario5773 22 дні тому

      @@evangelinalopezmerino8498 I’m so very sorry for your immense loss. I pray for strength and healing for your wound that will never fully close but hope that you can find some comfort in the peace your son is now in. So many hugs to you momma❤️

    • @JennayStg
      @JennayStg 15 годин тому

      I am so sorry for your loss. Think of you and sending you Lots of love.

  • @marshareed1438
    @marshareed1438 Рік тому +100

    My son has overdosed on fentanyl. He’s 39 so I feel helpless in his life.
    He died once over another drug overdose many yrs earlier & the woman he was with saved his life. He has had so many more close calls. As a mother it breaks my heart! I’ve called out to God crying so much begging him to keep my son from dying! I’m so sorry for your loss, so heartbreaking!

    • @CGC1954
      @CGC1954 10 місяців тому +2

      My heart breaks for all you parents who have lost a child to this horrible thing that the government turns a blind eye to, and just let it keep coming into our country to kill our people try to stay strong as you can. Many of us out here are praying for you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @miajohnson5744
      @miajohnson5744 9 місяців тому +2

      Amen MY SON has a angel watching over him for sure .Brought back twice.My son is 39 I REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON HIM . WE NEED MORE AWARENESS, THE MANY DEATHS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HELP A DRUGGIE . IT'S A ILLNESS THAT NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS ONE ! GOD BLESS ALL THE HEART ❤️ BROKEN MOMS .IT'S REALLY TAKEN A TOLL ON MY FAMILY ,BUT I WILL FIGHT AND KEEPVMY FAITH .I PRAY 🙏 FOR PEACE IN ALL OUR HEARTS 💕 I LIVE ON THE BORDER AND IT MAKES ME SICK TO SEE THE HUGE AMOUNT DRUGS COMING ACROSS !! BLES YOU ALL !!!

    • @darcya.9390
      @darcya.9390 6 місяців тому

      @@miajohnson5744 My heart breaks for you, my sweet woman. But my heart also breaks that people aren't taught/don't study God's perfectly preserved Word (the King James Bible) "rightly divided" to understand what is and isn't going on spiritually right now. I don't mean to hurt you by saying this, but I think it's hurtful to other people when their child overdoses and actually dies and they hear someone else claiming their child had an angel to protect them so they lived. Does this mean that the on who died did NOT have an angel "watching over them"? I can't imagine having a child die from an overdose and then hearing/reading that someone else's child got to have an angel prevent their death. It's simply not true. It's just CHANCE -- nothing more, nothing less.
      Please read Deuteronomy 22:6, I Samuel 6:9, 2 Samuel 1:6, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Luke 10:31, and I Corinthians 15:37 KJB. These verses all talk about things happening by "chance;" so, it's a completely scriptural thing.
      Can you please provide a verse that says that God provides angels to watch over some people to protect them when they make unwise, naive, or foolish choices? God is also not a respecter of persons. In Acts 10:34 KJB, Peter (one of the twelve apostles of the tribes of Israel), said, "...of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons..." This means that God would never do something for some people but not for others. That would be unjust, my Friend. It would also be extremely unloving.
      Also, God isn't micro-managing/intervening in anyone's lives and controlling what happens. We make our own choices, and then we suffer the consequences. Sometimes our choices affect only our life on earth and sometimes our choices have eternal consequences. On that note, it is very important to understand God's will. Concerning God's will, 2 Timothy 2:4 KJB says, "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." Therefore, we need to know the correct gospel so we can trust it and be saved, and we then need to understand sound doctrine after that to grow and mature (because sound doctrine is what God uses to change people from the inside out). Unfortunately, denominational "Christianity" doesn't teach the Bible correctly, so people don't know the correct gospel and then they are taught unsound doctrine to boot! (Unsound doctrine would be doctrine that is meant for the nation of Israel under the Law. We aren't under the Law in this grace dispensation; we are under grace. Grace reigns!) verses to back this up are: Romans 6:14, Romans 5:21 KJB. I Thessalonians 2:13 KJB also says, "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."
      If I may, I would like to offer a clear presentation of the gospel of grace in case you have never heard it. Then, if you haven't, you can trust it and be saved. You can then study the Bible "rightly divided" per God's instruction in 2 Timothy 2:15 KJB.
      The Bible must be understood dispensationally. Right now we are in the dispensation of the grace of God (Ephesians 3:1-2 KJB). Salvation is a free gift because Christ finished the work for us. Ephesians 1:13 KJB says when you hear his grace gospel and trust it, you are "sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise." You are "forgiven all trespasses" (Colossians 2:13 KJB), you are "complete in Christ" (Colossians 2:10 KJB), you are taken out of Adam and placed into Christ (I Corinthians 15:22 KJB), you become a "new creature" (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJB). These are some of the many "spiritual blessings" we receive in this current grace dispensation (Ephesians 1:13 KJB). The body of Christ members do not receive "physical blessings" like national Israel did under the Law because of their Covenants. Praise God that we aren't under the Law or these Covenants because the "curses" for disobedience were not too desirable.
      One thing is for sure. The BOC does not have any angels protecting them. That also would be a "physical blessing," and those, again, aren't promised the body of Christ.
      Our apostle, Paul, called the gospel he preached "my gospel" three times (Romans 2:16, Romans 16:25, 2 Timothy 2:8 KJB) because he received it "by revelation" (Galatians 1:11-12 KJB) from the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ in Acts 9 KJB. Christ appeared to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus and saved him by His grace. Christ made Saul "Paul." He is our apostle (Romans 11:13 KJB), our pattern, and the very first member of the church the body of Christ (I Timothy 1:16 KJB). He wrote Romans through Philemon. These 13 books contain the sound doctrine for the church the body of Christ under grace. (Unfortunately, denominational "Christianity" mostly teaches from the four gospels. However, Jesus wasn't dealing with Gentiles in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (Matthew 10:5-6, Matthew 15:24, Romans 15:8-9, Ephesians 2:11-12 KJB are some examples of this truth.)
      The Grace Gospel: I Corinthians 15:1-4 KJB)
      Christ DIED for our sins;
      He was BURIED;
      He ROSE AGAIN the third day according to the scriptures
      Grace and Peace, my Friend!
      Graceambassadors.com

  • @Exfloridagirl6
    @Exfloridagirl6 11 місяців тому +22

    I got the knock on my door on 2/20/2024. It was a police officer telling me my son was dead from a heroin/fentanyl overdose. I am drowning in guilt, regrets, heartbreak and sadness. How do families get through this????

    • @donnabowman9059
      @donnabowman9059 10 місяців тому +4

      I am so very sorry for your loss!

    • @karenkramer3760
      @karenkramer3760 8 місяців тому +3

      I know how you feel. The guilt will kill you. But it's because we love our children and feel we failed at protecting them. I've been in the same boat but for another reason. Our bodies aren't built for guilt. It's the hardest part. I'm praying for you.

    • @eLhawX
      @eLhawX 6 місяців тому +6

      It's not your fault. Please take care of yourself, and a good idea would be to find a support group for mother's who have lost a child, when you are ready.

    • @colleenconnell-provo9800
      @colleenconnell-provo9800 3 місяці тому +1

      You never get over it only through it!! 😢I lost both my twin sons from this poison 7 years apart ! 3/2024 there are days I barely get through.

  • @carol-b7j3y
    @carol-b7j3y Рік тому +123

    I loss my 25 year old nephew to suicide Christmas Eve, 2016..found out later he was suffering from anxiety.. MENTAL HEALTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED

    • @ValerieGriner
      @ValerieGriner 3 місяці тому

      @jillmiller1705 And believe in your heart is part of this verse, too. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

  • @branevans3705
    @branevans3705 Рік тому +140

    Unfortunately, most young people do not think it will happen to them and are willing to take chances, regardless how many times they are told.

    • @enaidu58
      @enaidu58 Рік тому +6

      I agree! Unfortunately these kids are so caught up in their addiction the thought of overdosing and dying doesn't phase them. JMO

    • @Melanie-uy9yj
      @Melanie-uy9yj 10 місяців тому +5

      It would be helpful if they could attend the awareness campaigns in the first place !! How upsurd.

    • @ericalyons7564
      @ericalyons7564 9 місяців тому +6

      This is true! I have seen tons of things showing the danger of these drugs. I remember dare program in middle school. I was scared to do anything of this sort when I was in school. A lot of these kids unfortunately, are even older some young adults and do it. What more can the parents do bc the public isn’t the whole issue but all I keep seeing is it’s the states fault, it’s the police fault, its the friends fault. All these people are not in these home to stop this from happen. Sometimes the word is getting around to everyone.
      I feel for these kids and parents and I pray this ends.

    • @fashion-baller3399
      @fashion-baller3399 4 місяці тому +3

      Yeah this mom has her heart in the right place but "awareness campaigns" won't affect teens much. We had mandatory DARE assemblies every year when I was in school and most people tried to skip it and exactly 0% of the people that did attend cared. There have been billboards and campaigns about the danger of smoking for decades now and teen nicotine use was on the rise for 5 straight years.

  • @whitneywalker2085
    @whitneywalker2085 Рік тому +60

    We lost my stepson last October to fentanyl poisoning. My heart is with you.

  • @lauradyle3623
    @lauradyle3623 Рік тому +336

    I lost my only child to fentanyl as well, Melissa was 31. Her doctor prescribed it to her after she had been off of it for 2 years. She had a car accident a few years prior and was literally put back together again. She was bulimic and weighed around 90 pounds when she overdosed on fentanyl and oxy codone that was prescribed to her. My daughter was a drug addict who lost her children and everything she had to live for. It's been 8 years and it still cuts like a knife. I know she is with God as life here was impossible for her here. Bullied by her piers for her kindness and being overweight as a young girl, she never fit in with this cruel, heartless society, we live in. My friends think I am fine. I can't wait to join her. May God give you and your family peace...

    • @KimtheElder
      @KimtheElder Рік тому +8

      🤍🌹🕊️

    • @deborahpecka5062
      @deborahpecka5062 Рік тому +15

      My sister,and 2 nieces dead from prescription od... ill .never get over this loss

    • @danielevans9379
      @danielevans9379 Рік тому +2

      ❤️❤️🙏🙏

    • @deblance5613
      @deblance5613 Рік тому +12

      So very sorry for your loss. I too lost my 41 year old so Aug 2022. The pain is unbearable. Stay strong - we will be with them someday.

    • @RachelBrejack-cq4ol
      @RachelBrejack-cq4ol Рік тому

  • @One1inAMillion
    @One1inAMillion 10 місяців тому +35

    I don’t know how I came across this page. but I’m glad I did. it’s so interesting listening to all these stories of these young beautiful souls. I hope everyone who has lost someone to fentanyl finds peace ❤🤞🏾 thank you for being a voice

  • @mariademers3111
    @mariademers3111 Рік тому +243

    I’m outraged, I’m sickened and my deep sympathy goes out to every family

  • @transamtransam2743
    @transamtransam2743 Рік тому +229

    16 yrs clean on December 17th!!!! I'm not going to die with a spike in my arm.

    • @heavenlywells3818
      @heavenlywells3818 Рік тому +6

      Love you from VA❤

    • @annettemorris5785
      @annettemorris5785 Рік тому +8

      👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽much love and respect

    • @lu_DaughterOfAKing
      @lu_DaughterOfAKing 10 місяців тому +4

      Congratulations. Keep going, God will help you.

    • @nicolebecker2272
      @nicolebecker2272 10 місяців тому +7

      Congratulations! 14 years for me

    • @sarahmueller2655
      @sarahmueller2655 10 місяців тому +1

      1992 sober from Heroin/ Opiate lost many people in the 1980 and 90 overdosed.
      Almost 200 people dying every day in the USA , that is WAR against our kids &family 's

  • @sandyroberts9564
    @sandyroberts9564 Рік тому +76

    My nephew died from a heroin overdose in 2014 and still today if I think about it I will bust out in tears.

  • @mollycline5589
    @mollycline5589 10 місяців тому +8

    My only brother over dosed and passed away 2 months ago. No…none of us want to be in “The club of darkness” as you say. Speaking out helps, being honest and helping other addicts with their struggles is the only way I have overcome the guilt and shame of my own addiction to opioids (five years clean this month) and the grief of losing a cherished loved one to this horrible epidemic. So very sorry for the loss of your beloved daughter. ❤

  • @Alisonwonderland0420
    @Alisonwonderland0420 Рік тому +57

    My family doctor just lost her 33 yr old son to a overdose two nights ago. The 3rd overdose in our little town in mid Pennsylvania in 3 weeks .She lost another son a few years ago to suicide. I am a recovering addict 14 years clean and I wish to god that our state and local government would do something to save these kids. I mean .. they are kids! OUR KIDS even at 33 years old!

  • @juliasuman7936
    @juliasuman7936 10 місяців тому +5

    I am so sorry. I’m always talking to my H.School boys, every day and preparing them for today and the future. I’m
    Educating myself as a Mother. You deliver a great message. Thank you.

  • @BIG1970MAN
    @BIG1970MAN Рік тому +78

    My son passed away May 1st I found him in the same position that Kate Fowler was found. I'm still lost for words it's just horrible my son was 21yrs old. I don't understand it's just so DAMN HARD TO ACCEPT

    • @jessiemorales2017
      @jessiemorales2017 Рік тому +4

      You're Son Died back in May 1st of 2023

    • @BIG1970MAN
      @BIG1970MAN Рік тому +3

      @@jessiemorales2017 yes my youngest son

    • @jessiemorales2017
      @jessiemorales2017 Рік тому +8

      @@BIG1970MAN I'm sorry for your Loss 🙏🙏

    • @sabreecarpenter4285
      @sabreecarpenter4285 4 місяці тому

      I'm so so sorry how your son passed away. Like this lady said, nobody is doing anything about it. I've listened to at least 25 or more of these, and I believe only one young man was arrested. Seems like most counties refuse to prosecute. Why ? It's frustrating. Praying for you and your family.

  • @tonyaray6498
    @tonyaray6498 Рік тому +140

    Just the first couple minutes of your story about your daughter, I feel like you are speaking about my boys. Andy was 29.5 years old when he passed away January 16th 2020. He took 1 pill that he thought was Norco that was not. He had a genius IQ but didn't graduate high school. He had a passion for reading and writing. He said he was writing a book in pre-school. He was always reading books far beyond his age, writing all the time as well. He was living with me and his youngest brother Adam who found him that day when he got home from school, Adam was 14 at the time Andy passed. Adam & Andy were like the same person 15.5 years apart. Adam was reading chapter books in pre-school and writing stories as well as poetry in kindergarten. Adam was very socially friendly when Andy was socially awkward. They loved the same things, Andy wrote a story about Ryan White, the young man who died from AIDS in Indiana where we live. He was in 2nd grade and his story brought tears to everyone in the school that day when he got an award for his writing and his passion. Adam was reading at a college graduate level in the 4th grade. He was passionate about what books could do for children all over the world. He wrote poetry more than stories or books.
    When Andy passed away we cleaned out the loft where he had his room set up, I found the book that he had been writing since he was 4 years old. I had no idea he had it printed and bound, he illustrated it as well. It was a very difficult thing to read, very dark, but it is more like a play, as he was passionate about the theater. Adam passed away May 21st 2023, I found him slumped over on the floor in his room under the window where his face lay in a pool of his vomit and blood. He was ice cold and blue. He had been gone for several hours by the time I found him. My heart is gone 💔 😢. Although I have 1 child living, he is not in good shape, he has been using drugs for several years, I always thought it would be his life cut short because he is the one that uses the drugs daily, he also asks me why he wasn't the one who passed away, but I told him that God must have a great plan for him, he is still not sober. He has been staying with my ex husband, the father of my children. He called me Thursday, October 19th 2023, last week, crying hysterically telling me daddy was gone. They were toxic together, using heroin and he found his dad on the floor in his room the day before, unresponsive. He said he tried CPR for over an hour before calling help, but he had been gone for hours when Alex found him. I begged him to get help, to please make this what would make him stop, but he hasn't been sober since. I feel like a terrible mother but I can't let him in my life or home due to his choices. He has begged me to let him come home to stay with me, but I can't. I am beyond broken 💔 😢. I met their dad when I was 13 years old, he was my only boyfriend from day one. He had addiction problems for the entire time I knew him, cut off communication with him from 2012 when I divorced him until the day Andy passed away. We have been best friends for the past 3.5 years, now he is gone too. I am jealous that he is with our kids now and I am still here.
    I apologize for rambling on. 40 years of my life is gone in the blink of an eye and you are so right, we hear about the conflicts/ wars in other countries that we are sending billions of dollars to, we see the amount of people that died from covid, but I have yet to see one single news story about this murder weapon that is killing a generation of our country, our future is being erased by thousands of children daily, but we don't hear anything about it. At least Texas is doing these documentaries for the families of all who have lost their child to this very scary drug. I have been watching them for the past few years & I am hopeful that I can go to schools in my area to tell the students about my kids who were just like them. Adam didn't go to school his 9th grade year whatsoever, he returned to a school in our district that is for kids who have had trauma in their lives or need credit recovery to graduate. He finished his 9th & 10th grade classes in the first quarter, he had straight A's as he always had. He was accepted to every college he applied to for academic scholarship. He wanted to be an international journalist who reported from 3rd world countries about the importance of education, mainly reading and writing, his passion. We had a celebration of life for him where every single teacher he had since pre-school attended, over 200 kids that were friends with him, his Big Brother from the Big Brother/ Big Sister program, he was matched with his Big Brother when he was 12, but his Big Brother moved to Texas after 18 months of being his mentor, friend and confidant. He flew in town just to be here for me & his dad during this time. I was so moved by the sheer number of people who loved him enough to attend the Celebration of his Life that ended far too soon 💔. Andy was my oldest son & best friend. Adam was my baby boy, my everything & my purpose to keep going every single day since we lost Andy 💔 😢. I don't know how much longer I can hold on, it's getting more difficult by the minute 💔 😢😢😢...
    Hugs to you, your family and friends. I am very sorry for your loss & hopefully before our entire future is gone, someone will do something to stop this murder drug from killing our children!!!

    • @TexasPictures
      @TexasPictures  Рік тому +34

      Thank you for sharing. So much struggle, not sure what else to say other than we appreciate you contributing here.
      We're based in Texas, but we travel anywhere. This series is self-funded, so we're only limited by budget. Most of our stories are from Texas simply because they're within driving distance from Houston. One of our stories happened in California, another in New Mexico. We're developing plans to shoot a series of these stories in Florida, Michigan, and other locations.

    • @karinhattingh8257
      @karinhattingh8257 Рік тому +26

      Tonya, may God give you the peace you are crying out for. Please get involved in a supportive, praying church group. You cannot do this on your own.. I feel your pain, lost my eldest son at age 20 to drinking and driving in 2004, the pain never goes... Much love from South Africa.

    • @jimparsons4312
      @jimparsons4312 Рік тому +5

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️bless you

    • @anitakinnear6735
      @anitakinnear6735 Рік тому +11

      Thank you for sharing your story. You have more strength and more courage than you know. I wonder if you can find a grief counselor. They are like angels who walk among us… seriously. They are so kind and so gentle, I’d forgotten how to be kind and gentle to myself. At first I was skeptical and thought to myself that grieving is natural, and all I had been doing was grieving! But that wasn’t true. I had been crying, but not grieving. The grief counselor helped me through the feelings that I had been afraid to touch, because it was all so painful. And you’ve lost three people! Two sons and an ex husband/best friend. That’s a LOT of loss! Truly, I want you to get as much support as you can find, and please, start with the grief counselors. I just know in my heart they will help you so so much, and you deserve it. I will be thinking of you, and knowing you will make it through this and come out on the other side even stronger, and one day, you will extend your hand to reach out to others, because you have that rare, valuable knowledge that’s only gained after it’s cost you everything. ❤

    • @bsusie1
      @bsusie1 11 місяців тому +14

      @tonyaray6498, your story is so tragic. I prayed for you. May the Father of all comfort strengthen you, and give you courage to endure the tremendous loss. There may be different reasons why some people in life experience more suffering and heartache, but I’m confident there is a Father that loves us, and will end all this pain. May He bring those into your life that can offer support.

  • @denisesalles7248
    @denisesalles7248 Рік тому +576

    Mental health issues should definitely be mentioned! It's not a moral issue, it's a medical one, and opiates, weed, alcohol, etc. are a way to turn off the brain chatter. So sorry you lost your beautiful daughter - but it was a mistake. May time take some of the grief off your shoulders. Heartbreaking.

    • @nakiajones8794
      @nakiajones8794 Рік тому +22

      The issue is both moral and medical.

    • @GreyNDN
      @GreyNDN Рік тому +10

      @@nakiajones8794 Moral and medical? Logical fallacy.

    • @denisesalles7248
      @denisesalles7248 Рік тому +6

      @@nakiajones8794 Not to me.

    • @LawofMosesHere
      @LawofMosesHere Рік тому

      It’s most certainly moral and medical. To extinguish the need for moral foundation in raising humans is exactly why we see the rise of “mental health illness” in this society. I work with acutely symptomatic patients every day, and the most sick are not those who need anti-psychotics due to schizophrenia or even those with Autism, but those who have zero roots in spiritual beliefs or values. They are lost, depraved, empty walking zombies. The ones that progress and experience positive outcomes have some semblance of moral foundation and reliance.

    • @denisesalles7248
      @denisesalles7248 Рік тому +11

      @@KUSHDUNN I must not have been clear - I meant that it shouldn't be EXCLUDED from the possibility of being part of addiction.

  • @StanWatt.
    @StanWatt. Рік тому +14

    I've seen the grief of a mother loing their child. It was an uncle of mine who had a heart attack and died. My grandmother had moved in with my parents so she had company. She hadn't grasped what had happened, until she saw her eldest baby's name in a newspaper obituary column. That haunting wail, a lament for the lost child is something that you never forget. I'm so, so sorry for your loss.

  • @carrielee2188
    @carrielee2188 6 днів тому +1

    I’m so sorry for your loss! The problem will never unfortunately go away and it makes me so sad! Bless you and your daughter Kate🙏🏻💕 she should have never been taken from you at such a young age

  • @sugarpie9492
    @sugarpie9492 Рік тому +209

    I'm a recovering alcoholic/addict who has been clean and sober 33 years. And Fentynal has been in EVERY STREET DRUG SINCE 2016. All of them. There are articles, TV programs and UA-cam videos on this subject. "A&E Intervention" Canada did a WHOLE season about the Fentynal crisis in 2019 I think. The government aren't able to solve this problem for whatever reason so parents need to start talking to their kids when they are 10 years old "To NEVER, EVER, EVER take a pill or a drug or a substance from a friend, stranger or ANYONE. And to only take prescriptions that you dole out to them that are prescribed by a doctor. And have a family meeting once a month about this subject. It's the only way it's ever going to end.

    • @deependofshallow
      @deependofshallow Рік тому +49

      Thank you for putting the responsibility for this back on parents. There isnt a single person regardless of age that does not know that you are playing a dangerous game every time you ingest pills/illegal drugs/drink. These deaths are tragic and sad but putting the responsibility completely onto the shoulders of the government/dope dealers will not solve this problem. No parent should have to deal with this but when it happens, we have to get real about the reasons and they do not begin or end with government oversight or lack thereof. They do not begin or end with dealers who push this poison. The cold hard fact is that if there was no customer/partaker of this drug, there would be no dealers and no problem for the government to get involved in. I am sick to death of hearing, they thought they were taking oxy or percocet. Those drugs are illegal too. They got more than they bargained for but lets address the willingness to take illegal drugs period.

    • @Luvumj2
      @Luvumj2 Рік тому +41

      The truth of the matter is that you can talk til you are blue in the face and people will make the choice to take drugs. It’s very sad.

    • @sheralynfeeney-smith4451
      @sheralynfeeney-smith4451 Рік тому +15

      Thank you for this. Although this channel does a great job with their videos. Many people have their heads in the sand. I live in the suburbs and am not a drug user and yet i know all about this.

    • @stellamarisabella8846
      @stellamarisabella8846 Рік тому +6

      Tienes razón!

    • @mycharmedunicorn8715
      @mycharmedunicorn8715 Рік тому

      A start is to close the border its coming across. Make a call to Jack ass Joe

  • @debrawhite250
    @debrawhite250 Рік тому +160

    My heart goes out to you Nancy. I am so sorry this happened. My daughter was very much like Kate, so many similarities. My Alexa "Lexi" was poisoned by fentanyl March 5, 2021. She was 20 years old. I can't stop thinking about how do we help these kids... Thank you for sharing your story.

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому +7

      I’m so, so sorry for your loss. There are too many of us that know the pain of losing children to this evilness.

    • @JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9kh
      @JTmakesfunofdiabled-hs9kh Рік тому +12

      It's the world we live in. You have any idea how hard it is to get a career these days? I'm 32, I've been clean for 5 years, and can't catch a break. Had a federal job with TSA lined up, but of course my past disqualified me from it. Just unbelievable. Life gives every recovering addict reasons to just give up. I wish I died that day on my kitchen floor. Life isn't fair. I've self taught myself and gotten certain licenses for fields such as pest applicator, but still can't find somebody to give me a chance. I've done everything right for 5 years, and still can't get one thing to go my way. Children these days are scared. It's not like when you guys were growing up where you could get a job, move out at 18, and have your future set. It's not like that anymore. You have to know somebody or put yourselves in mountains of debt in order to get an opportunity. There's nothing you can do to help. It's simply the world we live in. Until this world has jobs that pay a reasonable liveable wage, kids are going to continue to turn to drugs. That's the reason I started. No direction, scared about my future. Leads to depression and anxiety and bang, before you know it, you're a full blown addict with little reason to get clean.

    • @connihudson1578
      @connihudson1578 Рік тому +6

      I'm so sorry for your loss,too. May you find comfort in the Lord. Grasp His hand. He knows, He cares, and will walk with you through this horrible death of your child. I'm so sorry

    • @connihudson1578
      @connihudson1578 Рік тому +4

      Thank you for sharing and I pray the schools will show this to help others. God bless you and comfort you.

    • @nayelilopez9874
      @nayelilopez9874 Рік тому +7

      I’m sorry for you loss , I lost my son in September 11 2021 fentanyl poison he was 21 years old, i miss him every day , my life changed forever 😢

  • @melissaarnold-ei7po
    @melissaarnold-ei7po Рік тому +182

    I lost my 30 yr old daughter Sarah 1-4-21. It's still so raw. She left behind two girls. At the time were 5 and 10. I wish I could share her story as well. People need to know. Thank you fellow angel Mom for sharing. ❤️

    • @dailybread7687
      @dailybread7687 Рік тому +12

      @melissarnold-ei7po I’m so very sorry for the loss of your daughter Sarah. Please know there’s people out here that really care about others. You are a great momma. Don’t ever forget that. Please don’t blame yourself okay? Take each day as it comes and soon peace will find you, I promise you that. 🤍🕊️

    • @punjabansruleworld
      @punjabansruleworld Рік тому +14

      I lost my brother 1-7-21 to fentanyl poisoning and ur right the pain and suffering is still very raw. He left behind a son and daughter and we miss him everyday. The feeling of helplessness is always there because it happened so suddenly, we didn’t even see it coming. Hits like a ton of bricks.
      Praying for u and ur family’s healing.

    • @dagmaranja888
      @dagmaranja888 Рік тому +4

      I'm feeling heartbroken.

    • @standup2982
      @standup2982 Рік тому +9

      I'm so very sorry for your losses. Sending love from England ❤

    • @catholiclife9304
      @catholiclife9304 Рік тому

      This Fentanyl is the Devil. These kids are noway aware of how it kills. The dealers should be held accountable. Although I have the utmost respect for everyone here..my daughter got a bad bag a heroin with fentanyl in it. She was pregnant living 4 houses down.. ofcourse we weren't talking because her new boyfriend was into the stuff also and I knew it. She passed out, turned blue. He threw water on her and called not 911 - but the Father to my daughters 1st child. He came running and called 911. The boyfriend was afraid he had a warrant so my daughter touched deaths door and she was brought to deaths door but Narcan back. Her BFF took her to get it.
      He so called love wasn't doing anything to save her. Thank God she and the baby survived. But it wasn't by but seconds. I pray there's not a next time..🙏

  • @carrielee2188
    @carrielee2188 6 днів тому +1

    I’m so sorry for your loss! The problem will never unfortunately go away and it makes me so sad! Bless you and your daughter Kate🙏🏻💕

  • @teacherlife3350
    @teacherlife3350 Рік тому +24

    I live in Cypress,Texas so not far from you. I am so incredibly sorry for your loss….thank you so much for sharing your story. I have a 19 year old son and am always sharing these stories with him so he is aware. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers! ❤

  • @jessieosuba2063
    @jessieosuba2063 Рік тому +32

    Just lost my significant other to this drug in my home. I'm devastated.

    • @JaxonSmithers
      @JaxonSmithers 8 місяців тому

      Very sorry for your loss. I lost my best friend in 2023 to fentanyl OD 😔

  • @sonshinetres4541
    @sonshinetres4541 Рік тому +91

    This mother, this family did everything right yet this drug still got to them. What a tragic, senseless loss. I believe Kate would have been a wonderful doctor. You are doing a great service by telling her story so eloquently.

  • @judithstokes2996
    @judithstokes2996 Рік тому +274

    I've lost my big sister from that demonic drug. She was fine then she was gone from an overdose. It's been hard on my nephews she left behind. I'm praying for everyone who's lost a loved one or friends. Something needs to be done asap. It's been devastating 💔

    • @RindaJane
      @RindaJane Рік тому +10

      So sorry for your loss 🙏

    • @jessiemorales2017
      @jessiemorales2017 Рік тому +10

      I lost my Uncle back in November of 2011 Alcohol problem

    • @KimtheElder
      @KimtheElder Рік тому +1

      🌹🤍🕊️

    • @deborahpecka5062
      @deborahpecka5062 Рік тому +6

      Same,,, my oldest sister. Dead

    • @brettwilson7680
      @brettwilson7680 Рік тому +6

      The shit is exceptionally deadly. I died twice from it and was miraculously brought back by God on two different occasions.

  • @toddhansen3468
    @toddhansen3468 10 місяців тому +5

    I lost a niece and a sister to a drug overdose years ago it's a pain that never go's away.

  • @lisaaustin8150
    @lisaaustin8150 Рік тому +23

    All of my love goes out to you Momma Bear❤️❤️
    I lost my son at the age of 27 to a fentanyl overdose 2/28/2016💔 I don’t want you, or I, or ANYONE else (for that matter) that walks around EVERY DAY with the haunted look in our eyes combined with loss. It’s a terrible group to belong to…and I will keep you all in my prayers 🙏🏼

  • @masterofwit339
    @masterofwit339 Рік тому +197

    Her mental health struggles are what is most relatable. Society today is mentally unwell. And not in an abnormal way. In a most stressed out, fearful, grinding ourselves to the bone trying to dig out of a never ending hole kinda way. I’m in my 40’s and I can relate to so much of what she went thru inside. We are all just trying to get by. It only takes 1 salt granule of fent to take a soul. Thank you for sharing her story. I feel like I know her if just only a little bit. ♥️

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому +10

      Thank you for your kind words.

    • @davidkruse4030
      @davidkruse4030 Рік тому

      Society is healthier than it ever has been.

    • @masterofwit339
      @masterofwit339 Рік тому +17

      @@davidkruse4030 I respectfully disagree.

    • @marmaladesunrise
      @marmaladesunrise Рік тому +15

      @@davidkruse4030 Thus suicides, drug use, murders, homelessness, lazy millennial, etc. Society is further from OKness than it's EVER been. I also respectfully disagree.

    • @KRIS-sh8wp
      @KRIS-sh8wp Рік тому +7

      ​@@masterofwit339I concur 💯

  • @silveraddict875
    @silveraddict875 Рік тому +12

    My sister was diagnosed by therapist for mild depression. She got on meds but never got better, then she had a blood test to find her vitamin d was very low. Now she is very well

  • @TheChroniclesOfYarnia
    @TheChroniclesOfYarnia Рік тому +126

    My deepest sympathies for your family. My cousin David was poisoned by fentanyl last year unfortunately my family was broken before his death. His mother, and my grandmother and my mother were too embarrassed by addiction to even begin to admit it was happening to them. They passed addiction down the line and yet his death was “his” fault. They did not have a funeral they just erased him. I watch these so I don’t forget. We can’t forget this can happen to anyone any family anywhere. We need specialized task forces, we need community outreach and we need awareness. Drug addiction and overdose isn’t a drug issue it’s a hurt inside that need’s safety to be expressed and extinguished. Why aren’t there mental health task forces, why is that an out there idea???!

    • @Chicacarnivora
      @Chicacarnivora Рік тому +2

      😢I'm so.sorry about your cousins loss

    • @moniquegarcia1011
      @moniquegarcia1011 Рік тому +2

      Omg that's so sad

    • @deniseluke7397
      @deniseluke7397 Рік тому +4

      Blessings upon you and your family and your grief..Thanks for sharing..You never really get over it you just continue to live minute by minute..your life forever changes.A true Angel you now have..Again sorry for your losd

    • @meldenyse1970
      @meldenyse1970 Рік тому +7

      What an amazing concept. I need help with my son who has social anxiety. He needs a group to help him have fun and experience life. I’ve tried to get his first cousins to invite him along but one cousin did maybe once or twice in years. The others never did. I’m trying. Not quite sure what the counselor is doing but just taking my money.

    • @TheChroniclesOfYarnia
      @TheChroniclesOfYarnia Рік тому

      @@meldenyse1970 i would look into group counseling in your area. It will give him a sense of normalcy. That way he isn’t telling this overly starched adult his issues instead he is sharing them with his peers and they can build off of and add to his statements and feelings allowing him to express himself TRULY and feel supported.

  • @jeromecabral192
    @jeromecabral192 10 місяців тому +11

    Prayers go out to all who has lost loved ones

  • @miajohnson5744
    @miajohnson5744 9 місяців тому +12

    My son is a addict ,They think jail is better than Help. God Bless Parents who have to go through HELL .😢😢😢❤❤❤❤HELP OUR CHILDREN !!!

  • @mraereed
    @mraereed Рік тому +128

    I lost a friend to fentanyl. He was my spiritual advisor always looking for a way to get closer to God. He was very experienced with psychedelics and helping military members with PTSD. I was researching after his death and happened upon this channel.
    I immediately called my teenage granddaughter. She is fifteen. I think she may have smoked pot in the past but she had never heard of Fentanyl. I sent her a couple of these videos and explain to her what it was, and that she needed to share this information with everyone she knew at her school. I hope she did. I hope she took me seriously. She goes to school in Mid-Michigan.

    • @jessicavalentine4807
      @jessicavalentine4807 Рік тому +9

      I love that you sent this to her and encouraged her to pass it along. So many of the young ones don’t know and they trust the ppl they buy from. They think it’s and oxycodone or a Xanax and it’s not. Poor babies. But Thank you for being vigilant.

    • @meowiestwo
      @meowiestwo Рік тому +8

      So good that you shared with your granddaughter. My older sister (13 years older) had a serious talk with me when I was about 16, about addiction (runs in the family), and how it's okay to experiment but to be sure and research anything i do before i do it. that conversation stuck with me and i think it kept me from doing anything dangerous.
      this was 20 years ago when it was safe-ish to experiment. it is not safe anymore.

    • @accuratebrickinnovations
      @accuratebrickinnovations Рік тому

      Reiterate to her that all of the pills and weed in today's world are being cut with fentanyl so essentially no drugs are safe.

    • @meowiestwo
      @meowiestwo Рік тому +3

      @@kristymay9435 We can agree to disagree. I did plenty of ecstasy in my day although I certainly wouldn’t recommend it now. And a 15 year old should not have been taking drugs either way, of course it wasn’t safe for developing teenagers to take drugs. I’m talking when I was 20-22. Thanks for the lecture though, appreciate it 🙄

    • @carlallison6775
      @carlallison6775 Рік тому

      Your friend sounds like someone that I would really love hanging out with

  • @stephanielake9646
    @stephanielake9646 Рік тому +28

    I lost my 29 year old niece September 17 2021, she was like a daughter to me and I love her so much, it was such a shock that she was gone and I miss her terribly 😢 that one pill that turns a family upside down, I'm so sorry for your loss!!!

  • @suzie830
    @suzie830 Рік тому +57

    I'm so sorry for the loss of your baby girl. You are so correct. Our country has to step up and make this issue a priority.

  • @barbarayorkwoodside3716
    @barbarayorkwoodside3716 Рік тому +19

    I'm sorry for your loss. I work in organ donation and see the devastation, the number of deaths first-hand from all over the country cause by Fentanyl ingestion. I stopped calling it an over dose a long time ago. No age descrimination. No race descrimination. Devastation in it's wake. Thank you for your testimony. If my listening to it help your cause to raise awareness then I will gladly lend myself to the algorithm. God Bless all of you.

  • @denisepaulsenful
    @denisepaulsenful 5 місяців тому +4

    We lost our 27-year old to an accidental overdose just last month. It’s still unreal. He still lived at home here with his dad and myself. He was BiPolar. Still terrible and always will be. We live just outside Toronto 🇨🇦 Thank-you so much for sharing Kate’s story and like your family we are now a 3-legged table trying to hold each other up in our grief and overwhelming sense of sadness. It’s suffocating at times. But for us mothers the pain will always be the most deep felt. I am so sorry for Kate especially. 😢

    • @TexasPictures
      @TexasPictures  5 місяців тому +1

      Here’s a link to a story about processing grief that we recently published.
      Grief Feels Like Crazy - Heather Lambert, LPC
      ua-cam.com/video/82olbtwjzts/v-deo.html

  • @hunnydoo7737
    @hunnydoo7737 Рік тому +76

    I am an adult with 2 minor children. I've been seeing this wave coming for over 5 years. I've watched countless stories similar to this one on news station specials and social media. I do believe a lot of these young people know the risks associated with taking pills that weren't verifiable. They just don't care. They don't think it'll happen to them. Sad nonetheless

    • @QunDeev24
      @QunDeev24 Рік тому

      I agree! in 2023! there’s been MORE COVERAGE on fentanyl than I can even imagine, BUT kids of ANY age are still “AT RISK!” of what could and for SO MANY “has happened!” and yet they STILL play Russian Roulette! a LETHAL GAME OF CHANCE! they somehow rationalize that it will NOT happen to them! MY GOD how SAD these stories are!!! 💔💔💔💔💔💔 I have 2 adult sons (38/34) and one of them is currently on meth and the other is struggling with an alcohol addiction!!!! I CONSTANTLY 🙏🏽🙏🏽WITH BELIEF! that God will DELIVER THEM BOTH from THIS MADNESS!!!! they can only receive help!! when they ADMIT to needing HELP!! these videos just CRUSH ME!!!!!! my heart 💔 and BLEEDS for these surviving moms & families!!!! I AM SO VERY SORRY for their loss!!! 😢 the sad part is although some of them may have education behind fentanyl, the REAL DRAGON AND BEAST is the addiction! so as one mom said in another same type video, they just want to TURN OFF their sadness, depression, loneliness, lowliness, emptiness, feelings of whatever for however long trying to mask the pain of whatever they’re feeling!!!! even while knowing the feeling of euphoria will only be a few fleeting minutes! the deep and VERY persistent cravings in the prefrontal lobes of their brains OVERRIDES EVERYTHING!! telling them to TAKE THAT RISK anyway!!! 😢😢😢💔💔💔I’m SO 🙏🏽🙏🏽 for these families! it HURTS beyond the telling of these stories! God PLEASE, heal, bring comfort & peace as ONLY YOU can!!! ❤

    • @lashurediscussion4970
      @lashurediscussion4970 Рік тому +8

      I understand your point of view, from my perspective many do care but they are numbing a painful trauma and truly believe overdose won't happen to them is the biggest take away.

    • @rf4341
      @rf4341 Рік тому

      @@lashurediscussion4970 the problem is. Too many parents think drugs and guns are the inner city problem. When all along a Chad or Karen down the street are selling and using drugs. They have to get pass the “ Not my kid” mindset. I find the more social the person is the more likely they are masking pain.

    • @sheilafurguiel3202
      @sheilafurguiel3202 Рік тому

      @@lashurediscussion4970Fentanyl was killing young teenagers when Trump was President, we noticed that, nurse in the ICU when Covid came, but my job was in the Emergency Department. It started around 5 / 6 years ago, before Biden became President.
      It wasn’t in the news, we were pretty surprised, because of the amount of deaths and overdoses of Fentanyl.
      We wanted to warn the Health Department, but were told that it wasn’t that serious, just like Covid, we couldn’t understand why so many were dying of lung infection, suddenly we had two Doctors die, some nurses, it took months before Trump told the truth, had known that it was a airborne virus, deadly, about 30.000 people had died around the States. The death toll of Fentanyl was out of control. When Biden became President, was when he received the real truth about the death rate of Fentanyl.
      Many had no mental health issues, never tried drugs, just out of curiosity. If people had really known how long this had been going on, something could have been done earlier. It’s mostly was
      coming from China then, and President Biden was able then to stop containers coming of ships from China, packed with Fentanyl, but then it started being smuggled from Venezuela, Peru, into Mexico, then packed into trucks, also from small speedboats packed usually with marijuana, were now packed with Fentanyl.
      Many have huge laps, all over America, in huge mansions. You would think that it’s only immigrants, but, not true. Many, people you wouldn’t think about being involved with the making of this drug, are White American citizens.
      Why l know this, my sister in married to a sometimes undercover drug dealer, but he is a Detective in the Narcotics Division. It’s to heavy to carry over the border from Mexico, Marijuana was easier, and didn’t receive a heavy sentence, and carriers
      were dying from the fumes, because of the warm weather, etc.
      Gladly now, after 5 /6 years, something is being done about this situation, but because they have been doing this for so long, without it being taken seriously, it’s out of control, and guess who’s getting the whole blame for this situation that started when he wasn’t even President? President Biden, when it was Trump who was President, but didn’t do anything to stop it.
      I honestly don’t care who was President, but he should have done something about then, just like Covid, waited almost 3 months before he told America and how deadly the Virus was, he found out first week in December, but didn’t tell the American people until March, Countries in Europe were already closing there borders. 3 months in Europe, only Doctor, Hospitals, Drug stores and Grocery stores were open for 3 months. That’s why the death rate was low, America had over one million Americans die, and still dying.
      It really hurts me, but it isn’t only Texas, Florida, California, all around America, people are dying from using Fentanyl, every day.
      We had one day, 24 overdoses and 19 deaths.
      Trump waited to long, and let President Biden deal with it and the blame, just like Covid.

    • @irishphilly
      @irishphilly Рік тому +7

      Agree & My one shift from your perspective: Working w HS & college students, it's not necessarily a 'simple' not care; it's more a recognition::denial ratio of the risk. We process information w such complexity. For example, looking at a pill--especially a little blue or pink one, or having a brand/context, like 'it's a Xanax', can be a shrug or impulse + swallow. How lethal or the risk/s is hard to fathom. Even w everything about drinking & driving? People drink & drive--'just this once'; or 'it's not far', or 'I ate food, I'm ok'... Few drivers set out to be in an accident. Few think them in this car on this drive is lethal. The same is true w diabetes & insulin, or being sleep deprived, etc etc. I'm older & experienced & KNOW it can happen to me. Other people reason, rationalize or don't think---don't think it will happen to them---or won't THIS time. Regardless, it's heartbreaking how vulnerable we are.

  • @trinawilds3794
    @trinawilds3794 Рік тому +14

    I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter…I’m 57 and couldn’t have kids…God Bless You….

  • @kendradunnington5766
    @kendradunnington5766 Рік тому +33

    I'm so sorry for your loss. We lost our son to fentanyl poisoning 2 yrs ago. My faith keeps me going but nothing can fix my broken heart. This is a crisis that has to be stopped, bless you for your strength to go out and talk about this. Prayers for you and your family. Peace.

  • @Strattaify
    @Strattaify Рік тому +44

    I survived . Fentanyl missed me, maybe it just wasn’t around enough yet in 2015 when I got addicted to heroin. I was a gifted student. I was smart, I had talents and hobbies. And I had a boss at Work who introduced me to the drug. And I hope to God any parent that sees this really really tries to start making these things matter. I tried to get into rehab. I would call all the clinics around where I lived. The beds were always full.. I was told unless I was shooting up or pregnant that I would not be getting into a bed anytime within any year. My mom took me home and I quit here when cold, turkey and I’m eight years sober but it was literally only because I didn’t know anyone in the area that had any. I got claimed from heroin by a stroke of luck. I listened to the story today to remind myself of why. I’m quite sorry for your loss, but I have so much things in my heart for sharing it with us

    • @Ktrussman
      @Ktrussman 2 місяці тому

      My story is similar. 2009. I got in trouble for a roach in my little town and moved to the big city where they sent me to NA. I met a bunch of kids I thought were my friends. They lied to get me to do it and then of course my mind started to talk. I didn't shoot up. I quit on my own but it was the hardest thing I have ever done.

  • @aniasloan2187
    @aniasloan2187 2 місяці тому +1

    I lost my best friend that year on December 30th. Here in Oklahoma the small town I live in we are in a very terrible fentanyl epidemic. I’ve lost 6 classmates that I knew very well in the last 3 years to fentanyl. It is a serious thing to preach to your children and everyone around you about it. I feel so bad for anybody who has to go through this :(

  • @AmandaE24
    @AmandaE24 Рік тому +34

    I'm not a mom but I felt her pain. She did everything to help her daughter. I'm so happy she is speaking about this now so kids/teens know the real danger of what people are putting in everything. My heart goes out to her and her family!! ❤

  • @margaretagundes-collins7709
    @margaretagundes-collins7709 Рік тому +60

    It doesn’t matter how smart they are. How old they are! What they do for a living it doesn’t even matter if they are “addicted “ or not! Everybody can die! ONE PILL CAN KILL!
    My daughter died 1/31/2018 at age 31. She didn’t know it was pure fentanyl!🙏🏽😘💔
    She too wrote poetry. We used one on her prayer booklet for her funeral. 💞

    • @annabrahamson4320
      @annabrahamson4320 Рік тому

      They wouldn't die if they didn't I gest an illegal pill, worries me enough with generic ones for my daughter who takes psych drugs!

    • @jennytaylor3324
      @jennytaylor3324 10 місяців тому

      @@annabrahamson4320 Sorry to say, but the kind of legal psyche meds family docs (who are not qualified) casually dispense are no different from street drugs, they just take longer to kick in, and have a longer half life, so you don't get as sharp a comedown. They're as much 'gateway' drugs as weed or poppers. Cocaine addicts prefer Ritalin, and they used to give that to kids! All of them disturb the brain chemistry and change the way the individual behaves.

    • @JonnyLWarren1
      @JonnyLWarren1 8 місяців тому +2

      Why do smart people take those pills if they're smart?

    • @margaretagundes-collins7709
      @margaretagundes-collins7709 8 місяців тому

      @@JonnyLWarren1 for a headache. She would get migraines and then seizures that night.

    • @jennytaylor3324
      @jennytaylor3324 8 місяців тому

      @@JonnyLWarren1 Well, if you think about it, it's possible to be happy and smart, and miserable and smart, which shows us how those 2 parts of the human mind function separately from each other, and don't affect each other. As we begin to learn more about trauma (emotional brain damage) we can begin to understand how the bit of us which is suffering and in distress clouds and overpowers the bit which is all about logic. The way I see it is that, in the end, all anyone really cares about - intelligent or otherwise - is how they FEEL As humans we'll take action to feel better, even if it goes against what we know to be safe or right. People just want relief from their distress. All drug use is an attempt to bring relief, even if it's temporary. That's how intelligent people end up in the morgue right beside other less intelligent people. I hope this makes sense?

  • @talex1625
    @talex1625 Рік тому +44

    What Kate's mum says is so true. Why isn't all of America screaming in unison at the loss of so many? I'm in the UK and so shocked at seeing video after video of pure grief. All of these beautiful young people just gone. This is just heartbreakingly wrong!

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 8 місяців тому

      We had 1M+ covid deaths and half the country shrugged. No big deal.
      Overdose deaths are around 100K per year.

    • @stephanielloyd4053
      @stephanielloyd4053 5 місяців тому

      And now drugs in the UK are being cut/laced with something similar. I'm in recovery, and my drug counsellor warned me. There had been several deaths of people in the city I live in, all the autopsies came back with this certain substance in.

  • @mompierce9306
    @mompierce9306 10 місяців тому +7

    I lost my oldest child 9/21/22 from a fentanyl overdose. He was almost 32. I feel like a part of me is dead as well. This is a hurt like no other. 😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @donnabowman9059
      @donnabowman9059 10 місяців тому +1

      I am so sorry! I cannot imagine. Lord have mercy and comfort this family.❤

  • @msrocker2121
    @msrocker2121 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for allowing yours and your daughter’s story to be told on here. I know the grief must be deep and long term, and I sincerely hope you get strength from telling her story. She wouldn’t want you to be depressed nor be quiet. Many prayers to you and your family.

  • @vahgeuvje10
    @vahgeuvje10 Рік тому +26

    That last family photo was so touching. May she RIP and may her family find peace

  • @kaytinsabiastro8829
    @kaytinsabiastro8829 Рік тому +60

    Anxiety seems to be a recurring theme, especially, these last few years. As someone who “has always” suffered from it, I can say that there are things one can do to lessen its impact. Our young adults should not be suffering from all this, but the state of the world, etc… Heartbreaking.💔 I loved watching horror movies, but had to come to terms with the fact that they worsened my condition and triggered the nightmares; they’re night terrors - not just prevalent in childhood. Of course, mental health issues are a conglomeration of all kinds of things we don’t fully understand. But, if we could see into the spirit realm, we’d probably lose our minds. There are doors that shouldn’t be opened, but I speak for myself. I can’t even try to convince my daughter about what she allows her children to watch. Everything these young minds watch is absorbed into their subconscious. And things DO GO bump in the night. My grandkid has always been highly sensitive to these kinds of things. I’m speaking from personal experience, treading carefully - not trying to offend or convince anyone. If we believe in God, we have to pray for a covering over these young people, in the name of Jesus. I’m not trying to convert anyone, but read the book of Ephesians (chapter 6). May God comfort and strengthen you. Thank you! - and ALL you parents sharing something that is so personal and raw for the sake of raising awareness.

    • @TexasPictures
      @TexasPictures  Рік тому +6

      Thank you for your comments.

    • @ruthdarkie6808
      @ruthdarkie6808 Рік тому +7

      Found your comment very helpful, thanks for sharing.

    • @thefitzs
      @thefitzs Рік тому +3

      You are dead-on. 🎯

    • @Peace-tk3gr
      @Peace-tk3gr 10 місяців тому +1

      Yep, there is enough horror in the world. No need to watch movies that drop blo*d gratuitously all over the place. 😮

  • @sharonmcfaul2956
    @sharonmcfaul2956 Рік тому +69

    My sincere and heartfelt condolences on the loss of your daughter Kate🙏 RIP Kate

    • @intuitivefugitive8852
      @intuitivefugitive8852 Рік тому +1

      Kate was so beautiful. I wish I could sit and talk with her…. I’m part of this group too, (addict) my family almost lost me

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому +1

      Thank you 💙

    • @intuitivefugitive8852
      @intuitivefugitive8852 Рік тому

      @@nancyfowler3001 I’m going to remember Kate, and I’m her loving memory and honor, you should publish the book “Bones!” It fascinates me that a third grader can think so much and articulate thoughts to a story like this, amazing.

  • @hilary9138
    @hilary9138 11 місяців тому +2

    Awww I'm so sorry for your loss. I howled like that when my Dad died and they probably heard me across the parking lot because I was outside.

  • @SarahClark-bq7gw
    @SarahClark-bq7gw Рік тому +3

    I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my son to fentenayl too. Your story is so similar. And I hear the same over and over. The anxiety, and other mental health issues. You have raised intelligent thoughts and points. Thank you for sharing your story. I cried listening to it. So many bright, creative, wonderful souls lost, so many hurting because of that. Big hugs. How do we fight this???

  • @shondapiatt5564
    @shondapiatt5564 Рік тому +22

    This is heartbreaking and proof that no matter how hard families may try to save their loved ones, they sometimes cannot get through to them. I am so sorry for all this mother and her family have lost.

  • @lola.44.77
    @lola.44.77 Рік тому +27

    Kate was an old soul, deep, deep heart. She still is, mom. She is now back into her essence. Be at peace, beautiful Kate, and, mom, your courage is inspiring. 🙌

    • @romandaigle455
      @romandaigle455 Рік тому +3

      The Bible is clear , those that have passed away lie in rest. I’m so so sorry for this young woman’s death but we need to cling to Jesus Christ and His word. Jesus Christ is the only way.

  • @scarlettmartinmd9131
    @scarlettmartinmd9131 Рік тому +10

    I am so sorry for your loss. I know the heartache. My son was 22.

  • @thatjayne
    @thatjayne Рік тому +8

    I lost my beautiful son Ian to fentanyl. We think he was self medicating with what he thought was a safe joint. My pain will never end.

    • @donnabowman9059
      @donnabowman9059 10 місяців тому

      I'm so so sorry for your loss. My heart aches for you!❤

  • @Belllilianx
    @Belllilianx 9 місяців тому +2

    Just an incredible woman. Honestly. As a former opiate addict (almost ten years) this was the reminder that has kept me alive. Just know as an addict, a mother, at one time incredibly mentally ill, you sharing this story is one of the reasons I am here every day. I cannot thank you enough for this awareness and for sharing your and your lovely daughters story. Big love. Annabel

    • @TexasPictures
      @TexasPictures  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for your comments. We also have a series of addiction recovery stories that you might find interesting. Here's a link to the playlist: From Addiction to Recovery - ua-cam.com/play/PLdCPA32W_p39Z8hi7xSIX3Fkqmhd7mRzj.html

    • @Belllilianx
      @Belllilianx 9 місяців тому

      @@TexasPicturesthank you so much ❤

  • @onewomanandherdog5219
    @onewomanandherdog5219 Рік тому +14

    You did a fantastic job of getting across how special Kate was x

  • @janetwalker587
    @janetwalker587 Рік тому +57

    My heart breaks for you and your family...💔
    You are so right and so brave for sharing Kate's story...
    Everyone should see this! Our leaders sure aren't telling us! God bless you...🙏🙏🙏

    • @MaMa-uj4pp
      @MaMa-uj4pp 5 місяців тому +1

      This story touches me very deep!💔
      On one side I’m a mother too and my beloved daughter is one year older than Kate was, and only to imagine loosing her makes me sick in my stomach,
      so I feel deeply with this so brave and sensitive and wonderful mum!
      On the other side, I was once a kid like Kate - I had the same feelings, for example the thought that I was walking constantly through a fog, completely lost and that I’m not allowed to be in the light and sunshine of life
      - like all others are, but not me…
      And I was addicted too, using heroin since I was only 15, because of all my anxieties and depression problems, because I didn’t have any support at all and I didn’t have such a caring and understandable mum or family and lot of traumatic shi*t happened trough my childhood too…
      But I’m so lucky that there was no Fentanyl at that time,
      because I’m pretty sure if it was,
      I would not be here any more - like Kate!!😪
      And that makes me sad and angry, but also glad for me personally,
      and I can’t describe what else…
      I feel soo sad for this precious young girl, her poor mummy, her family
      and all the other precious kids that die daily from this horrific poison!!!
      On the other side I’m happy to be still here, I’m happy for my kids, happy that I was lucky enough to escape!
      This epedemic must stop!!!
      No more deaths!!
      It’s so heartbreaking…💔

  • @johnathankuzma6117
    @johnathankuzma6117 Рік тому +9

    VERY SAD! I can feel your pain through the phone. She was so beautiful and you can see how much you loved her in your eyes. Have faith that you WILL see her again! Much love and condolences!😢

  • @njvalueinvestor
    @njvalueinvestor 2 дні тому

    Thank you for sharing this powerful message and warning. Your honest retelling of circumstances, pain, and alternitives is clear and relatable. You have a wonderful command of words. I pray lives are saved through your message.

  • @31Alden
    @31Alden 4 дні тому +1

    I’m so sorry for your great loss. You are right: students/children need to be aware of and instructed on the dangers of fentanyl and drugs in general. As you noted, one time use can kill you. I’m so very sorry.

  • @isabelltecaxco-yd3lw
    @isabelltecaxco-yd3lw Рік тому +18

    So very sorry for your loss of your precious daughter,may Kate rest in peace.

  • @Mel_Issa_143
    @Mel_Issa_143 Рік тому +6

    This story was felt throughout my entire body. I felt her pain. This one broke me all the way down. I know the howl she speaks of… it happened for me when my husband passed and the police knocked on my door at 4 in the morning while I was 9 months pregnant.

  • @eloisemarie5219
    @eloisemarie5219 Рік тому +5

    Mama I would have loved to meet your daughter Kate. She sounds amazing. Thank you for sharing her mental health struggles. I and so many I know are dealing with depression and anxiety. It's important. I will cherish your story. I'm sorry she's no longer with us.

  • @katherinechrist-janer5636
    @katherinechrist-janer5636 9 місяців тому

    My dear friends lost their son to fentanyl poisoning. He had just graduated college and about to start an internship. Like so many of these stories he was smart, compassionate, funny, everyone's friend. Someone you just loved being around. Thank you for sharing Katie's story and keep up the good work you're doing. You are amazing. I am so, so sorry for your loss.
    💕🙏🏻💕

  • @miss_whipps
    @miss_whipps Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing who your daughter was- brilliant and talented, charismatic and loving. For so long addicts have been stereotyped as losers and criminals that are nothing but a pox on society. Finding oneself on the receiving end of that stigma, carrying the weight of other's judgement in addition to one's own shame and guilt, is devastating. Thank you for helping demonstrate that addiction doesn't discriminate, and gifted, bright lights like your daughter are afflicted too.
    No one is immune to the disease of addiction.
    Keeping you and your family in my prayers❤️

  • @luckyotter623
    @luckyotter623 Рік тому +4

    I am so sorry for your loss. I have a 30 yr old daughter who has had substance and mental health problems since about age 11 or 12 including fentanyl, which almost killed her twice. She relapsed about 4 months ago and last I spoke with her she was trying to get clean but having so much trouble finding mental health/drug treatment without health insurance and she didn't want to go into a rehab. I haven't heard from her in 3 months and have no way to reach her or know where she lives. I am expecting the worst, if I ever find out what happened to her at all. My deepest sympathies for anyone going through this. May God be with you.

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому

      My heart goes out to you, I can’t even imagine what all that worry is doing to your heart. I hope that your daughter finds healing and peace.

  • @sylviamiller9047
    @sylviamiller9047 Рік тому +13

    😢 Thank you for sharing your family's story! So sorry for your loss and for all the family that have suffered loss and grieving pain!

  • @Whippy99
    @Whippy99 Рік тому +21

    I’m so sorry for your loss. I can feel your anger and frustration through the screen. RIP Kate. 💔

  • @AshliMarieTV
    @AshliMarieTV 9 місяців тому +1

    after my son passed away i suffered severe severe anxiety. when she talked about the thick
    cloud she was walking through , i know exactly what she was trying to depict. Anxiety really sucks . hell on earth

  • @colleensmith3374
    @colleensmith3374 Рік тому +2

    I am so sorry to hear about the deep loss of your beautiful daughter. Your story will help others.

  • @mrs_bcworld
    @mrs_bcworld Рік тому +18

    Thank you for your dedication & hard work on this channel ❤❤❤ You’re saving so many lives in Florida as it’s just now beginning to creep into our state. God Bless 🙏🙏🙏

    • @TexasPictures
      @TexasPictures  Рік тому +6

      Thank you for your comments. It is a privilege to us to get to create these stories.

  • @chevy2thelevy56
    @chevy2thelevy56 4 місяці тому +4

    “i don’t want her mental health struggles to make her story unrelatable” - nonono. never. your words made me feel her pain because i’ve felt it too. she wanted to study neurology in part to understand herself, which is also why i became a therapist…i’m so very sorry you all lost this light in your life, and thank you for sharing her story

  • @chelsd7724
    @chelsd7724 Рік тому +13

    At 6:54 in this video it really hit home with me! I have a 17 year old who is extremely intelligent (read the whole dictionary by age 3 at his own doing and if you randomly said a word he would tell you what it all meant) but he has struggled with mental illness since he was around 10 years old! His therapist also told us the same exact thing because their minds are going so fast with so much thinking going on in there that they don’t know how to handle the white noise. I’ve had to be his advocate his whole life especially starting at age 12 when I had to hospitalize him in the psychiatric unit. As a parent that was the start of my own guilt watching what was happening to the mind of my child and no one knowing if meds should be given or not.
    You’re a strong fighting force to get her story out there and I hope you keep making your voice be heard as loud as you can for all of us parents regardless if our child has addictions or just mental health problems happening. Thank you for sharing her story ❤

    • @laurawhite4118
      @laurawhite4118 Рік тому +1

      How are you and your child doing now? I hope you are great.

    • @chelsd7724
      @chelsd7724 Рік тому

      @@laurawhite4118 everyday is a struggle with good days and bad days like most of us have. He’s learned to use his voice to help other teens know they can reach out even to myself if they need someone to talk to (if it’s life threatening I do what I need to get in contact with their parents) but through all of this it’s helped him realize that a lot of people have struggles they can’t/don’t talk about to others. He just got excepted into a college for engineering which makes me so proud because not going to lie I didn’t know if I was going to bury my child for a lot of years.
      Thank you for asking, I really appreciate it ❤️

    • @chaers2390
      @chaers2390 Рік тому +2

      this sounds exactly like me. i was hospitalized at 12 and was reading the dictionary at 3… now i am 16 born in ‘07. crazy cool to recognize someone else like me

    • @chelsd7724
      @chelsd7724 Рік тому +3

      @@chaers2390 From a stranger mom to you always remember- you’re stronger than you feel, stronger than your mind makes you believe, you will always be needed in someone’s life, you will always be loved even if it feels you aren’t at that time, and there is a reason you were born so bright!
      I remind my son all the time of the same thing and tell him if you see someone struggling to remind them the same with a note, text, or just to share his story!
      You got this and even though I don’t know you personally I believe in you ❤️

  • @virginiadykstra9239
    @virginiadykstra9239 8 місяців тому +1

    As horribly painful as this must be, you did an amazing job and I thank you! ♥️

  • @stephanieneighbors4291
    @stephanieneighbors4291 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for sharing your story!! Please accept my sincerest condolences!! Hugs and prayers for all of you!

  • @clestemanning6357
    @clestemanning6357 Рік тому +4

    MY HEART IS BREAKING AS I WATCH YOU TELL YOUR BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS STORY. THERE AREN'T WORDS SUFFICIENT TO HELP YOU IN ANYWAY & I KNOW THIS FROM TOO MANY LOSSES TO COUNT IN MY OWN LIFE. I WISH THERE WERE MAGICAL WORDS OR ANYTHING TO STOP THE PAIN. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU & YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN. MUCH LOVE FROM VERMONT STATE.

  • @lynncarlson1543
    @lynncarlson1543 Рік тому +6

    I screamed and HOWLED TOO IT SEEMED SEPERATE FROM ME...... 😢 I HAVE FAITH AND KNOW WE WILL LIVE WITH OUR BABIES TOGETHER FOREVER IN ETERNITY ❤

  • @Amyazingrace
    @Amyazingrace Рік тому +63

    G*d i love this woman.. Her strength inspires me as a recovering opiate addict.
    i overdosed in 2016- my mother toke on MY responsibility of raising my daughter .
    So many mothers have good intentions … and it’s very hard to save everyone . im speaking for myself as well.
    I respect and admire this mom
    and my own .. for what she went through with me .
    I have to say recovery is a very long process, getting to the route of these issues that lead a person down this path takes a while

    • @nancyfowler3001
      @nancyfowler3001 Рік тому +7

      You’re incredibly kind. Thank you - and congratulations on your recovery!!

    • @JenJen0582
      @JenJen0582 Рік тому +3

      Great comment. I wish you all the best in your recovery. Stay strong. 🙏

    • @jenniferjohnson3505
      @jenniferjohnson3505 Рік тому +1

      Praying for you

    • @robinharris1232
      @robinharris1232 Рік тому +1

      I'm so proud of you!!!

    • @wendyhart134
      @wendyhart134 Рік тому

      So here we are didn't take long, the addict talking about their struggle blah blah I'm so amazing in my struggle...this is NOT about you do you understand , this is about a mothers pain the ugly face of a dead girl who just wanted her anxiety to stop. It does matter this girl probably had more strength in her little finger than you will ever have. She didn't want to get high like you or die she thought it was a Xanax , a sedative . She was tricked .

  • @meredithmoulton4962
    @meredithmoulton4962 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm curious as to why the students weren't allowed at the informational meeting she mentioned. Who is keeping them away?

  • @bettyboop1930
    @bettyboop1930 8 місяців тому +2

    My deepest sympathies for the loss of your daughter. I've watched many of these Fentanyl stories and my heart aches for family and friends left behind after these deaths.

  • @heatherydew3361
    @heatherydew3361 Рік тому +13

    Another heart-rending story. It breaks my heart to think of all the potential of these youngsters being snuffed out. Our world is going to be poorer for losing all these kids, who knows what they could have gone on to achieve.

  • @paigegee5921
    @paigegee5921 6 місяців тому +3

    I lost my 2 yr old granddaughter in January to fentenyl poisoning...my husband and I are so broken the pain is soooo immense...being a mere spectator to someone else's decisions and then watching an innocent life paying the price...hard to explain the sadness and the rage that intermingle together. Absolutely nothing we can do but watch this shit destroy so many families mine included. Love and prayer for those who know how bad we all need it. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia Рік тому +50

    This lady is such a good communicator. I totally believe her daughter must have been very smart too. Such a tragic, unnecessary and undeserved loss. Fly to Heaven baby angel! ♥️

  • @reneeproffetta9295
    @reneeproffetta9295 5 місяців тому

    This woman is so well educated and I haven’t even watched til the end. Agreed 100%. My deepest condolences to you and yours and thank you for sharing.

  • @katlux1
    @katlux1 Рік тому +6

    This is so heartbreaking! I feel so much sympathy for this mama, and want to just hug her.

  • @patchesblack7490
    @patchesblack7490 Рік тому +55

    Wow what a heart wrenching story. She is absolutely right, not near enough is being done about this! More and more of these stories are coming up and it's devastating! I pray for your peace. I'm so very sorry you lost your beautiful, bright daughter to this devil. May God bless your family 🙏🙏

    • @mycharmedunicorn8715
      @mycharmedunicorn8715 Рік тому

      Call Jack ass Joe. The border needs closed off. That would be a huge start. How many have died since 1/21/21? I bet a huge amount

    • @roberthatch6230
      @roberthatch6230 Рік тому +2

      Anxiety is very terrible it’s very hard to overcome. My heart goes to you and your husband

    • @jerusalmit12
      @jerusalmit12 7 місяців тому

      Parents are responsible.

  • @KeishaGray-n2y
    @KeishaGray-n2y Рік тому +9

    I'm so sorry, to hear about your daughter she was such a bright light in a dark world! I lost two brothers to this poison a year ago and I tell you it's hard sometimes to go on, but we have to and we have to keep their memory alive. I know that your daughter would be proud of you for doing that. So, I must say you are a very strong woman and I wish you the best. God bless.❤

  • @sarahfisher6027
    @sarahfisher6027 Рік тому +7

    Kate sounds like such an incredible young lady. It sounds as though she had a brilliant, unique and creative brain. Her story will leave a mark and help innumerable people in it's telling. Please keep sharing it with anyone who will listen. If you put enough pebbles down in the water, eventually you'll change the direction of the flow. You're amazing. 😊

  • @jessicahodge5406
    @jessicahodge5406 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing your story. I remember when you lost your sweet girl. I live in Houston as well and had just lost my son 6 months prior. I remember when Michael turned 25 and I said to myself "I got him to 25 and based on science and the development of the frontal cortex, he will make good decisions now." Michael died 3 weeks before his 26th birthday. His story mirrors that of Kate in some ways and not in others. It's just all so heartbreaking. Sending you love.

  • @shelbykralovetz
    @shelbykralovetz 2 місяці тому +1

    She shared her daughter’s story and her own with grace and dignity. Prayers for healing.