Theresa Duncan

I never met Theresa Duncan.

My entire personal contact with her was a single comment on her blog, to the effect that I liked her writing. And, of course, regularly reading that blog.

I still find myself emotionally impacted by news of her death. Especially learning that it was apparently a suicide, followed closely by the suicide of her longtime boyfriend.

I wish I had answers to all the regular questions suicide raises, but I am resigned to never learning them.

I do not know why I am personally affected by this, other authors I liked to read have died in the past. Artists of all sorts have committed suicide. But the fact remains that I have been on the verge of tears over this news, and I have no adequate explanation for it.