The Biography of My Son, Jordan who committed suicide on Christmas morning 2019

“Black Diamond: Bubba’s Story “

On Christmas morning 2019, my son, Delaney “Jordan” McLean Verner, hung himself.

In an obscure town in the underbelly of Alberta, Canada.

A town called “Black Diamond“.

He and his wife of 12 years, Katelyn had gone their to start a new life.

Hoping to escape the homelessness rut and street life they were “Groundhog Day” living on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

A dream that collapsed and left them stranded, freezing and hungry in the middle of a viscous minus fifty degree Celsius blizzard.

Although this is my son’s biography, it is also a call to attention as to how we are placing the lives of our youth in the hands and care of a “Broken System“.

A system that MUST be scrapped and a new approach and system built from scratch.

A task that will take years to complete but is absolutely necessary as we have so many youth in crisis during these present times.

I promised Jordan I would tell his story and that I would show the world how broken our Child Welfare System.

How it’s collective agencies are failing these youth and their families.

That they are doing far more harm than good.

I speak and show in detail what the eleven years of his being in care did to him and our family.

How he fell through every crack in their system.

AUTHOR’S NOTE:

Writing his biography is the hardest thing I have ever done.

Something I would never wish upon any other parent.

Every single keystroke was accompanied by a thousand tears.

So painful that it took me eight agonizing months to complete.

Telling my “Bubba’s” life story is the only thing that kept me sane while learning how to deal with the never ending pain his suicide brought.