Dear Lauren: A letter marking your one year Deathaversary
On September 15th, 2011, an amazing young woman took her life. I was lucky enough to call this woman my friend and my mentor. Dear Lauren, I’ve been trying to start– and write– this letter to you for a...
View Article“I only do walks for dead people.”
I said this to someone the other day as I sat hand-making 30+ buttons for a walk I’m attending tomorrow morning. I’m walking on Team Lauren in honor of my friend who committed suicide just over a year...
View ArticleOut of the Darkness walk
Yesterday was an odd, peculiar day. Team Lauren gathered bright and early for the Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention and awareness. I was blown away by how many people gathered for the...
View Article2012: A Year in Review
Tonight is the last Friday night of 2012, exactly one week after the world was supposed to end. A lot has happened in 2012, and I decided to highlight everything significant that happened to me this...
View ArticleBeing infinite.
I have a lot of work to get done today. The last thing I should be doing is blogging… and here I am, sitting at my computer, writing a blog. I woke up this morning feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and...
View ArticleJoin Team Lauren
On this date two years ago, my friend Lauren killed herself. She was a confident young woman who acted as a role model for many. For me in particular, while we weren’t particularly close until the last...
View ArticleDarkness
Today I had the privilege of being part of a writing workshop led by James Lecesne, co-founder of The Trevor Project. The workshop was about writing to our younger selves, something that was beautiful,...
View ArticleReverence
Today’s prompt reads: Write a poem based on a non-Greco-Roman myth. Upon my research of Norse mythology, I found out suicide was more valued than natural death. The Goths and the Celts believed that to...
View ArticleRobin Williams
It’s been mere minutes since I learned about the death of Robin Williams, which is reportedly a suicide, but I have the chills. The last time I reacted this way to the death of a celebrity was with the...
View ArticleSuicide is rough.
I hadn’t posted about the deathaversary of Lauren this year because, honestly, I didn’t have it in me. Four years have passed since I received the early morning text message that she had killed her...
View ArticleSeptember
I have a draft of a post that’s been sitting in my “Drafts” folder all summer long. I stopped writing it mid-sentence, something I rarely do. It partially reads: I’m not going to start this post...
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