Last night I laid awake thinking about sadness and how it effects our life. Also thinking about National Suicide Prevention Week, which is this week. Thinking about those who I’ve lost to suicide, and lingering on their lives and how things could have been different. I was thinking about people I love in my…
I get the phrase “You always seem so happy” and “You’re so funny all the time” a lot whenever I tell someone that I struggle with depression and suicidal thinking. Some people receive the news completely out of right field. I guess this is due to how they have been perceiving me based on my actions…
Since the death of Robin Williams I’ve been thinking a lot about suicide. Not attempting, but my own experiences with suicide. A large part of my testimony involves being terribly sad and secretly suicidal. But I tend to brush over it because I have a lot of pride in that area, and talking about it makes me feel…
“Still?” He replied with the look of absolute appalled confusion on his face. “Yeah.” I said. ” Almost everyday. Almost every hour. It sucks.” “Oh…” was all he could say in that moment. That moment of clarity, that moment of confusion, that moment of discomfort as he stared out the front window of a Chipotle restaurant…
On March 1, 2014, I received a two word text that shattered my life. I can remember every detail, even now. My best friend Staci’s little brother had the flu, and she wanted to get out of the house. I invited her to Bible study, but she decided not to go, because she didn’t know…