Jan 28 2009
Tragedy Over Unemployment
I understand that unemployment and debt leads to frustration but what I can’t understand is how someone (Ervin Lupoe), a man who had a beautiful family could kill his entire family (wife, 5 kids and himself) simply because he lost his job.
I mean, yes, losing your job hurts and is very difficult to deal with but killing yourself and your family is not the answer. In my head, I try to figure out why he would do such a thing and then I just keep focusing on those poor innocent children who only wanted to live. Why, why, why do things like this happen? This is the land of opportunity.
There are so many other things that you can do if you lose your job. You can find another one, get financial assistance to hold you over until you are able to make ends meet or simply borrow from friends and family. But to kill yourself and your entire family is just heart-wrenching and wrong.
My prayers go out to Ervin Lupoe’s family and I beg and plea that if any of you are going through anything similar, please have faith and get help now. Dealing with unemployment is hard but burying someone you love and care about is so much harder.
Great article. Thanks for writing.