I was struck by the comment by the woman who answered the suicide line: &quot;Maybe I am giving them a little love.&quot;<p>I spent years answering the phone on a crisis line.  Some people&#x27;s problems just didn&#x27;t seem that bad, yet they were overwhelmed nonetheless.  Some people had such crushing burdens I was astonished they could even talk.<p>I didn&#x27;t find it uplifting, in fact it drained me.  I am astonished by her ability to do it for almost 20 years.  I guess it was a form of catharsis for her as well.