Cassius Winston's message to his brother
November 11th, 2019 at 4:56 PM ^
May God have mercy and provide comfort to the Winston family during the days, weeks, and months ahead. Cassius's demonstration of strength and grace during the ball game yesterday and in this IG post is powerful.
November 11th, 2019 at 5:28 PM ^
As someone that last a brother 2 years ago, I'm not sure you can put into words. You know your parents will die, aunts, uncles, but it never really enters your mind your sibling will too. At least for me it never did. Stay strong Winston and take it 1 day at a time. You have a awful lot of people in your corner pulling for you.
November 11th, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^
Wow, amazing tribute, and strong by him to be able to write that knowing how hard it must have been with every sentence he finished. Hate to see endings like this for anyone, my heart goes out to his family and all the families that suffer losses in this tragic manner.
November 11th, 2019 at 5:33 PM ^
Absolutely gutting, even more so that it was visited upon someone as fundamentally decent as Cassius Winston
November 11th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
It's sad that our society basically demands that people openly share their grief like this to the world on social media.
November 11th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
This seems likes a choice to raise awareness by sharing his direct conversation to a loved one, not some PR crafted "thanks for your support" campaign , but snarl away.
November 11th, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
From the heart, Cassius. Thank you for being so open to the world. With family members struggling with mental health issues, a close college friend (my now-wife's roommate) who tried and fortunately failed at suicide while we were both at Albion, a former student who was successful, and way too many other reminders of the struggles people have with mental and emotional illness, I am in tears. God bless Cassius and his family, my Albion Britons family, and all else who struggle.
November 11th, 2019 at 6:18 PM ^
This story made me think of the Robin Williams quote:
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
I have read many inspirational quotes. But this one actually changed me.
November 12th, 2019 at 9:59 AM ^
I remember a several years back I was waiting for my Thai takeout to be ready and this irate customer, about a 60 year old man, started yelling at the person behind the cash register because their order had been screwed up. This man was acting like a total jerk and had customers had to intervene and get him to leave the premises, I kind of hovered outside to make sure the guy didn't go in and start more trouble. Then I saw the man break down and start crying, one customer started talking to him and I stood there and listened. His wife of 35 years had died suddenly in the night, he had been dealing with the coroner and other arrangements all day and was grabbing Thai for his family who had gathered at his home to console him. He really was still in shock and didn't know what he was doing, this was probably his first outpouring of grief.
You never know what someone is going through in their life. The lady you who cut you off in traffic might have a dying child at home. The man who is a jerk in the customer service line in front of you might have just buried his wife. We're all here on this earth just dealing with tragedy, we're all going to lose most everyone and everything we care about, and then we too will no longer be alive. Keep that in mind, everyone is dealing with a tragedy.
November 11th, 2019 at 6:40 PM ^
November 11th, 2019 at 6:40 PM ^
That hit me so hard. RIP Smoothie
November 11th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
Ditto to everything said here.
Nice to see so many sincere comments and sympathy for the Winston family.
November 11th, 2019 at 8:00 PM ^
Feeling conflicted.....
Hate Sparty culture, so touched by Winston’s tragedy and response to it.
If UM isn’t the last one standing this year in the B1G and tourney, I’ll be rooting for Winston in spite of Everything I despise about MSU.
November 12th, 2019 at 1:03 AM ^
Heartbreaking
November 12th, 2019 at 5:55 AM ^
Just a reminder that suicide isn't about being selfish and it's shit like that that keeps people from getting help. They often feel like they're a burden or did something wrong.