Learn how a mother survives the loss of her youngest son who decided to end it all at the peak of a seemingly promising career in the music industry. His decision left family, friends, and fans heartbroken, abandoned, and confused.
Maurice “Reese†Moncrease, whose stage name was Frijiea, was the life of the party. It appeared he embraced life by caring for others through deeds of kindness and giving stellar performances, playing pool, riding his motorcycle across the country with the “Rough Riders†and mentoring the neighborhood children in free baseball and music lessons.
Gabrielle shares how undiagnosed depression led her son to suicide and confesses her own struggles with this same darkness. In this book, she also opens her heart to share the dark secrets of her past of family members who had other and similar mental disorders, and how, through counsel, and the power of forgiveness, she processed her pain.
Gabrielle Moncrease, also known by her performing name G’Bell, a mother of two sons, spent her early childhood in Spokane, Washington, and has since made her home in Las Vegas. As a playwright , a newspaper columnist, and magazine writer, she has taken to writing about the delicate matters and situations that people face today. Her first book, How I Survived My Son’s Suicide, was inspired by the passing of her youngest son, and exists to help heal not only herself, but also her family, friends, fans of her son, and anyone who has been affected by suicide in some way. G’Bell is in training to become more proactive in suicide prevention. It is her goal to bring healing and wholeness to all those who have lost hope.