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I am saddened to report that Marie Osmond’s 18 year old son, Michael Blosil, jumped to his death on Friday night, in Los Angeles. He was found dead on the ground below an apartment balcony.
Michael, a student at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, in Los Angeles, had struggled with depression in the past and in 2007, at the age of 16, entered a rehab center. ETOnline reported that he’d left a note referring to his depression.
Donny Osmond asked that we all “Please pray for my sister and her family.” My heart goes out to Marie and the Osmond family. It’s so very, very sad. I had to write and pray.
So very sad … Janice
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posted February 28, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Janice,
My heart and prayers go out for Marie Osmond and her family; such a tragic loss of one so young.
posted March 1, 2010 at 11:22 am
This really saddens me and my prayers have immediately gone up for Marie Osmund and her family. When we look at our lives and think Woe is Me, someone else is suffering more. There are no words that can help Marie right now. As a mother, I can’t phathom her loss but I have loss a grandson at the age of 18 months in the last 7 years so I understand the pain but I do know that God is Able to carry you through. Keep praying.
posted March 1, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Marie & Family, So sorry to hear of your loss.
Am sure “Michael” has a quietier soul now.
For whatever reasons, his own, you are
not to taught yourself for his leaving
this world, maybe sooner than would be
expected by us humans. Being an adoptive
mother, myself, I second-guess myself
even more, maybe than a biological
mother would. We cannot not know
about biological DNA causes.Trying
our best to love and nurture a child,
sometimes, is all one can do.Being a
guide(parent)loving, caring for, giving
faith( which think is important)is not
everything a soul can need. We cannot
know exactly what is needed. Only
the creator knows. And that is where
your Micheal’s soul resides now.
All our prayers to Michael, you
Marie, and family. “L” Rose P.
posted March 1, 2010 at 2:03 pm
My prayers go out to Marie and her family.
posted March 1, 2010 at 3:31 pm
THIS IS SAD POST TODAY,JANICE.FROM CONCEPTION,A MOTHER CARRIES HER CHILD FOR 9 MONTHS,THEN WHEN HER CHILD IS BORN,SHE IS FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY AND FULFILLMENT,THEN ONE DAY,THAT CHILD BECAME SICK,HE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE,AS A MOTHER,MY JOY HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME. I FEEL SORRY FOR MARIE OSMOND,I AM ALSO A MOTHER LIKE HER.MY PRAYERS TO HER FOR GOD BE HER COMFORTER IN THIS TIME OF HER GRIEF.SHE NEEDS WORDS OF GOD TO COMFORT HER,FOR GOD ALONE CAN AND IS THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS,IT’S JUST PROPER TO SEEK REFUGE FROM HIM. THANKS!
posted March 1, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I wish her family all the best.
posted March 2, 2010 at 2:36 pm
This is a very sad moment for the whole Osmond family when I had my 2 sons it was like watching my heart running around outside of my body, everything they did as babies and youngsters were part of that heart experience. It is still like that sometimes even though they are grown up and one has a daughter and she is beautiful, the other has issues that make him unsettled, unemployed lots of the time and it breaks my heart. My heart goes out to Marie and God be with her, my prayers and thoughts are for her.
posted March 21, 2010 at 5:54 am
Depression is a very generic term. I don’t think we’ll ever understand the specific details of each suicide. Unless someone survives a suicide attempt and has a story to tell.