Every time I either read or hear of these things, I can't help but be reminded of a time when I was in high school, and a very close childhood friend of my mother made a regrettably similar decision which subsequently devastated nearly everyone around her. The knowledge that she had been in near-constant misery from a long battle with muscular dystrophy, while offering a slight bit of temporary respite from grief, never really lessened the emotional impact her choice had upon those she left behind.

Whatever her own rationale might have been for doing what she did, I truly hope that L'Wren Scott has finally found the peace and serenity she was seeking, and further that her loved ones come to understand that this decision was hers alone and never about them, and therefore it could not have been their fault. And may their many wonderful memories of L'Wren in better times prove more than sufficient to sustain them during these most incredibly difficult circumstances.