- After losing her son and husband, Marian calls a rookie suicide hotline employee to help her decide what's next.
- After losing her husband and son to a text driving teen, Marian grasps for the meaning in tragedy. Struck by the heaviness of her loss, she's tried to move on but can't. She contemplates the value of her own life and decides to call the Suicide Prevention Hotline where she talks to Ana-a rookie volunteer still grappling with her own life and adulthood. Marian uses humor as a diversion tactic, but finally trusts Ana with the truth. Can she live without Miles and Marcus? Is there honor in taking her own life? Will it put an end to the continual cycle of reliving the pain of their absence?—Dawn Garcia
- After losing her husband and son to a text driving teen, Marian struck by the heaviness of her loss and contemplating the value of her own life, calls the Suicide Prevention Hotline where she talks to Ana, a rookie volunteer still grappling with her own life and adulthood.
- After losing her husband Miles, and son Marcus to a text driving teen, Marian grasps for the meaning in tragedy. Struck by the heaviness of suddenly losing the loves of her life, she's tried to move on but can't. She replays the last day she saw Miles and Marcus on a perpetual loop. She contemplates the value of her own life and decides to call the Suicide Prevention Hotline where she meets Ana, a twenty-something rookie volunteer still grappling with her own life and adulthood.
Marian uses humor as a diversion tactic, but finally trusts Ana with the truth. It's Ana's first day and the bluntness of how Marian talks about the death of her husband and son is more brutal than she imagined. While they're on the phone, Marian is methodically going through the motion of suicide: perfectly counted out piles of pills, her son's belt, walking around the house, taking in every memory, stopping to look in the mirror to see if she even recognizes herself anymore.
Ana is full of compassion but can't seem to follow the hotline rules and allows the conversation to get personal. She's invested in saving Marian's life. Throughout the conversation, we get to see Ana's insecurities and nervous habits. She cannot have Marian die. She cannot face a failure at this point in her life.
Marian asks herself, can she live without Miles and Marcus? Is there honor in taking her own life? Will it put an end to the continual cycle of reliving the pain of their absence? Through careful planning and meticulous execution, Marian wants to kill herself and end the hurt.
Marian and Ana have a conversation that will change both of their lives forever.
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