By Bailey Koch I Held a Funeral For My Husband. Now, He Brings Me Flowers.
I held a funeral for my husband, but I was the only one there. It was 2012, and I watched…
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Suicide
By Llacey Simmons I Was Only 8 the First Time I Tried To Kill Myself
The first time I tried to kill myself, I was eight years old. The incessant bullying everywhere I turned literally…
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By Lori Wildenberg Ten Warning Signs of Teen Suicide All Parents Must Know
Kate Spade is the most recent celebrity to bring suicide and suicide prevention back into the spotlight. So often people…
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By Jodie Utter Kate Spade’s Tragic Death Could Have Been My Own
When it seems like someone has it all, seems is the word to key in on. Famed handbag designer, Kate…
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By Karen Johnson Mom’s Warning to Parents: Kids Find Stuff That’s ‘Worse Than Porn’ on Musical.ly App
"No, you're too young." My 9-year-old groans and stomps away. Again. Same question. Same answer. Day after day lately. I…
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By Her View From Home That Day My Brother Died
It’s Saturday in January; you’re getting the family ready for your son’s basketball game. Your mom is coming to cheer…
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By Michelle Riddell Talking Your Struggling Friend Off the Ledge (Because You’ve Been There, Too)
You run into a friend. You have a minute, she has a minute so you stop and talk. She’s a…
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By Rebecca Spohr Please Promise Not to Mix Meds and Drugs
I have something really hard to say. I don't know how to say it because I'm still processing it all,…
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It Takes a Village: A Community Rallies Together to Help Three Children After Tragedy
It's been six days. Yet it still seems unreal. Impossible. Unimaginable. But it is the reality for a Kansas City…
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What Can We Learn from Michelle Carter’s Sentencing?
It's a parent's greatest fear. Your baby, now a teenage boy who is taller than you, succumbs to his depression.…
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Healing Through Blogging: An Unexpected Sisterhood
Well, here I am. It has been a couple years since I began sharing our journey of my husband's battle…
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Feels Like Losing A Friend: RIP Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington
Suicide. It's the first thing being mentioned right now as we learn the details of another gone far too soon…
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