Strange Things Happening All Over

Today, I was driving down US-31 near Muskegon, Michigan. I happened to notice the Adopt-A-Highway sign as I passed rather quickly. Apparently, the West Michigan Survivors of Suicide had decided to adopt that particular 3 mile stretch of road.

There are so many questions that popped into my head at that point. Here are a few:

1. Is it better to be cleaning up highway trash than being dead? I have to wonder…

2. Is this an exclusive club for people who have actually survived a suicide attempt?

3. Or can you have simply contemplated suicide at some point? Or maybe it is for people who have been affected by other peoples suicides…There are so many possibilities here that my head started to hurt and I considered driving into a tree. I wonder if I can join the club now?

4. Couldn’t they pick a nicer stretch of road to work on? The area they’re in is pretty boring and busy. They could have been up north a little further up the road with less traffic, and better scenery.

Usually a group like the Boy Scouts or some companies will get together and adopt a stretch of highway. This was definitely a new one for me. Oh well, things are strange all over these days. I hope I haven’t offended anyone who is thinking about suicide right now. If you are, I know of a group who may be able to help you.