Jayne Reeves

Mom, Humanitarian, Artist, Optimist

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Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

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Today, we remember the sacrifices made by all those involved in the D-Day landings.

On this day 80 years ago, more than 5,000 ships and landing craft delivered 150,000 troops to five beaches in Normandy. 4,440 Allied soldiers lost their lives on D-Day - the first day of Operation Overlord, which ultimately brought about the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.

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Solar farm on the mountaintop of Northern China's Shanxi, stretching 80 kilometers and covering more than 10,590 acres

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Anyone recognise this abandoned (once-classy) glassy tower in the heart of Johannesburg CBD?

It was once the largest 5-star hotel on the #African continent with 800 rooms - Johannesburg Southern Sun Hotel and Towers.

Fun facts about the hotel in its hay day:

🏨 The hotel had a public library.
🏨 They employed approx. 750 permanent staff.
🏨 The Miss World Contest was hosted here twice.
🏨 Guests arriving at the airport could be picked up by the hotel’s Mercedes Benz or BMW VIP stretch limousine on request.
🏨 They were the first hotel in #SouthAfrica to have the tech where you could pull up your room account onto your hotel room’s TV.
🏨 There was a dedicated floor for single ladies that had a more feminine decor, special toiletries in the bathroom and more security.
🏨 Suki Hama restaurant opened here originally, it was the first traditional Japanese restaurant to open in Johannesburg - they had 8 chefs from Tokyo working here.
🏨 There were over 1000 computer terminals, printers and processors in the hotel. The hotel hired full-time trainers to teach the staff how to use the computers.

🏨 Design: SKM Architects
🏨 Contractor: Grinaker-LTA
🏨 Construction began: 1982
🏨 Interior Designer: Mr Lionel Levin
🏨 Hotel grand opening: March 1986
🏨 Construction Cost: R125 000 000
🏨 Location: 204 Rahima Moosa St, #Johannesburg

MORE ABOUT THE SMALLER TOWER:

The last guests to walk the corridors of the Johannesburg Southern Sun #Hotel and Towers was in the late 1990’s. There are two towers that are connected with a pool-deck.

The 20-floor Tollman Tower - this is the smaller tower - was originally operated by Stanley Tollman. This tower was purchased by Sol Kerzner’s Southern Sun Hotels and destined to be a 6-star hotel with 120 luxury suites, a separate check-in area and a private club, bar and business centre on the top floor. Top floor for the use of tower residents only. There is also space to park 650 cars in the 3-level basement parking area.

In its hay day, this shiny blue tower was one of the most future-forward in technology and automation when compared to the rest of the world. Also to remember is that this was before the internet. It is a shame that this once glorious establishment went the way that it did. From 1992, the hotel continued to downgrade in stars and rooms reduced until it closed in 1996.

Do you have any memories connected with these twinkling towers? Please share in the comments below.

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@rowanwh1 @BarneySimon Very kak

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Disgrace!

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This is one stone out of 2 million and 300 thousand stones that were cut, dragged and lifted to build the Great Pyramid more than 3000 years ago.

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