This article describes a loving husband and father named Jim Miller who ended his own life. It talks about his wife, Nancy, is using her husband's death to help others and to raise money for suicide prevention programs. "The word itself moves people away, like the friends who, upon seeing Nancy in the grocery store, suddenly realized what they were looking for was in a different aisle". This line from the post impacts the readers because it gives a perfect but simple example of how a persons life can be changed when they are associated with the word: suicide. This line has good syntax because the words are placed in an order so that the point can be made. It's a longer sentence that describes a lot about how Nancy's life has changed. Her friends are now more distant and people are avoiding her even at the store. The word choice strongly suggests that her husband's impacted her in many more ways than one. Ramsey's writing style is mature but playful. She's humorous at some points in her writing but sincere at others. Her humor side is shown when she says, "Funny, loud, goofy, magnetic". This shows how she uses good descriptive words. She also says, "The guy people are drawn to, who draws energy into a room. The guy who's always 'on,' who is somehow larger than life". This shows her sarcasm and how she uses incomplete sentences. She also writes, "He drove two hours to a hotel in Chillicothe and ended his life". This shows her sincerity with her description and complete sentence. She was very specific with the details of what happened that shows her seriousness. After I read this article some questions I would ask Ramsey are: How did her husband's death emotionally affect Nancy and her kids? What is your writing style like on less serious topics? Why/When did you decide to become a writer?
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/krista-ramsey/2014/08/14/krista-ramsey-helping-families-deal-suicide/14093989/
