Final Expenses

If you have someone in your life that is, or has, suffered from depression, tell them you love and care about them ever day. Life happens in an instant, and you never know when you may lose that opportunity. On April 19th, 2018, I lost that chance. My brother, Chad Wain, took his own life. I hope that, in death, he finds the peace that he never found in life.

In his life of 35 years, he struggled through many obsticles, and made plenty of mistakes along the way, but always owned up to them, and faced them with a dignity that I aspire to mirror. He had struggled with depression for the better part of seventeen years, and even though he sought professional counsel, despair took him, in the end. As part of his last wishes, he asked that his body be cremated, and his ashes given to myself and our parents, Norma & Alan Wain,  so that “My loved ones will always have me around, and never have to worry about going to visit a grave.”.

To say that our hearts grieve at his loss would be a tremendous understatement, and I find that no words can do this loss any justice. I do not normally ask for financial help, even in trying times like these, but neither myself, nor our parents have the financial capability to pay for his final expenses, and hold a small service to commemorate his life for close friends and family. Any donation at all comes with the deepest, and most sincere gratitude and appreciation of my family. Thank you.


Sincerely,


-Daniel Wain