Suicide destroys your life. It robs the person who died of their future and it robs their loved ones of everything else. I can't think of Anthony (my 22 year old son who took his own life over two years ago) without it taking my breath away. He was such an amazing human being. I'm … Continue reading Rebuilding
Suffering
Embrace the Suck
Photo from Pixabay When I hear the words “suicide prevention” what I hear is “you did not do everything you could to save Anthony, you missed something and now he is dead”. I do not know what other suicide loss survivors hear when they hear those words but that is my experience, which is all … Continue reading Embrace the Suck
Motivation for the Poor
Something I've been noticing a lot lately is this new fad of motivational speakers and writers telling everyone how to "make it big" and they all basically say the same thing while using their own story of how the did it. The majority of these people are middle class white women who are "allies" of … Continue reading Motivation for the Poor