Overcome

Memoirs of a Suicide

De: Kimberly Tocco

Narrado por: Kimberly Tocco

Six foot one at 13 years old. Dark blond hair and his eyes the clearest chartreuse, like spring water filled with tiny green flowers. Yet it was not those attributes that made him beautiful; it was his love of life, the way he lightened up a room with laughter...and the trail he blazed on a foundation of suicide.

On March 22, 2011, Jason Paul Legere, 13, went upstairs, took out his mom’s gun, and shot himself. Shot himself at just before eight a.m. on a random Tuesday morning, with his mother and three other brothers downstairs.

The aftermath that follows is that of being completely overcome by the loss and stigma of suicide. In the wake of darkness it leaves behind as a family, a mother deals with the ever-present question of why. This is the story of how, one day, his mother looked in the mirror and said, “What are you doing? Stop the pity party. Choose. Do you choose to wallow in your sorrows until it completely destroys you? Or do you choose your son, to live and take his light and make a difference, make a stance, and be the change?”

I chose him; I chose my son; I chose my family; I chose life.

This is my story on how I was overcome by suicide but then had the guts to overcome suicide.

“It is not what you go through, it is how you come through it.” (Kimberly Tocco, a.k.a. Tenacious T)

©2020 Kimberly Tocco (P)2022 Kimberly Tocco

A story of hope and resilience

I knew from the first chapter that I would be moved and at the same time enlightened by the courage and strength of this story. A loss no parent or sibling or friend should ever live through, a pain so great one cannot fathom how you can stay above water long enough not to be pulled down again. But here it is. A story of pain turned into hope and resilience. A story that demonstrates that listening to your inner heart and seeing the signs, oh the signs you described brought me chills, one can overcome, be uplifted by uplifting others. Most of all keeping his memory alive. I applauded you Kimberly. I recommend you all listen to each and every last word of this incredible story as it takes you from tragedy to hope and survival. Big hugs my friend.