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Faith, Grief, Mental Health, Suicide
July 12, 2018
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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…

Suicide
July 5, 2018
536 Views
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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…

Grief, Suicide, Teen
June 7, 2018
827 Views
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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…

Journal, Mental Health, Suicide
June 5, 2018
470 Views
7 Minute Read

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…

Kids, Motherhood, Suicide
March 7, 2018
517 Views
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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…

Grief, Suicide
February 7, 2018
1.5K Views
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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…

Journal, Relationships, Suicide
January 4, 2018
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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…

Grief, Suicide
August 26, 2017
204 Views
3 Minute Read

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,…

Death of a Parent, Grief, Suicide
August 6, 2017
404 Views
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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…

Child Loss, Grief, Kids, Motherhood, Suicide
August 4, 2017
296 Views
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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.…

Grief, Health, Inspiration, Journal, Mental Health, Relationships, Suicide
July 28, 2017
242 Views
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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…

Grief, Suicide
July 20, 2017
246 Views
3 Minute Read

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…

Suicide

I Held a Funeral For My Husband. Now, He Brings Me Flowers.

I Was Only 8 the First Time I Tried To Kill Myself

Ten Warning Signs of Teen Suicide All Parents Must Know

Kate Spade’s Tragic Death Could Have Been My Own

Mom’s Warning to Parents: Kids Find Stuff That’s ‘Worse Than Porn’ on Musical.ly App

That Day My Brother Died

Talking Your Struggling Friend Off the Ledge (Because You’ve Been There, Too)

Please Promise Not to Mix Meds and Drugs

It Takes a Village: A Community Rallies Together to Help Three Children After Tragedy

What Can We Learn from Michelle Carter’s Sentencing?

Healing Through Blogging: An Unexpected Sisterhood

Feels Like Losing A Friend: RIP Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington

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