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вЂњI pointed at the picture and told him to think about his family before he killed himself. He pleaded with his father through the driver-side window, telling him how much he loved him and needed him. Then he dashed outside just in time to catch his father shifting the truckвЂ™s gear into reverse. He frantically ran back into the house and grabbed the first thing he saw: his homecoming portrait.

#SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE IN LIFE WINDOWS#

I tried to pry the driverвЂ™s side door open, but he locked it with his windows sealed shut.вЂќ вЂњAs he climbed into his truck, we began to cry with even more desperation.

вЂњHe didnвЂ™t want to kill himself in front of us, so he grabbed the keys to his red Chevy Blazer, gun in hand, and said we would never see him again,вЂќ Genesis continued. The two siblings pleaded with their father not to pull the trigger, while their fearful mother sat frozen. Genesis recounted the scene as a whirlwind of arguments and expletives ascending further into chaos, culminating into unexpected terror-Gene picked up his sawed-off shotgun and pointed it at his head, preparing to shoot himself and end it all. вЂњMom was broken and angry, and dad-who I had never seen cry up to this point-was crying and seemed so lost.вЂќ

вЂњThey continued to argue in front of my sister and I,вЂќ he recalled. вЂњI walked out of my room to make sure it didnвЂ™t escalate to violence because dad had a history of hitting mom whenever he was angry,вЂќ Genesis said. It started with an ugly discovery, then escalated into fits of rage as he witnessed his parents arguing hysterically: his father, Gene, had been caught being unfaithful. Genesis Guerrero, a chaplain for the 39th Air Base Wing, was 17 years old when his family almost fell apart.

Seeing the bigger picture in life