“Please be aware, get help if your thoughts are unhealthy, and help promote suicide prevention and awareness – not only during September, but always, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel.”
- Love What Matters
- Grief
“Please be aware, get help if your thoughts are unhealthy, and help promote suicide prevention and awareness – not only during September, but always, no matter how uncomfortable it may feel.”
“After 3 years, I have learned a variety of lessons.”
“My great aunt Joy wasn’t a great cook, but she had one specialty. It just so happened that her specialty was also my favorite meal. If I’m being honest, it still is.”
“This was ‘the call’ that fueled our passion to fight and prevent other moms, dads, families, or friends from finding themselves answering the phone just to realize this was ‘the call’ they never ever wanted to answer.”
“I keep my mom alive through her cooking.”
“She holds an endless pain called grief. It has changed the composition of her soul and the map of her future. It will be her shadow, following her delicately everywhere she goes.”
“Not even 5 pages in, the author started to mention a term not many people hear of: unmarried widow. It felt so nice to finally hear someone say it, validating my feelings and the amount of grief I had.”
“It is estimated that 115 people are exposed to a single suicide, with 1 in 5 reporting this experience had a devastating impact or caused a major-life disruption. We need to bond together.”
“It became apparent to me very early on this was not something you can move on from. I had to make a decision. Do I follow the ‘rules’ of grief the way society has so neatly outlined and put into a box? Or do I take the time to sit in my grief, acknowledge her, and let her consume me until I am no longer afraid of the shadowy parts of my soul? I chose the second option.”
“I was surprised she even recognized me outside the context of my driveway. But she did. And she took a chance by letting me know she sees me.”