Even Now, I Struggle to Understand Why My Son Ended His Life in This Way ; When Carol Taylor's Son, Joe Heathcote, Took His Own Life She Was Left Heartbroken and with a Hundred Questions Why. To Cope with Her Loss She Turned to a Support Group for Help. Two Years On, She's Now Setting Up Her Own Monthly Meetings. She Told Her Story to Wendy Roberts.

Derby Evening Telegraph › September 09, 2009

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I WILL never forget the day my life changed forever. It was a beautiful sunny morning and the birds were singing happily.

But on this lovely Tuesday, back in 2007, my world fell apart. My adorable 20-year-old son, Joe, decided he could no longer cope and ended his life.

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Even Now, I Struggle to Understand Why My Son Ended His Life in This Way ; When Carol Taylor's Son, Joe Heathcote, Took His Own Life She Was Left Heartbroken and with a Hundred Questions Why. To Cope with Her Loss She Turned to a Support Group for Help. Two Years On, She's Now Setting Up Her Own Monthly Meetings. She Told Her Story to Wendy Roberts.

Despite battling with depression for two years, things seemed to be really looking up. He had a new job with great prospects and had landed himself a really fantastic girlfriend whom he adored.

But on April 17, he decided to "opt out". Joe was found hanged in a barn near to where we live...

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