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Living in New York City | October & November ’17

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Living in New York City | September ’17

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3 Years

This is what three years in jail looks like.  January always marks another year. Another year that my dad has been in jail. Another year that I haven’t seen him. I wanted to write about this for many reasons. First and foremost, I posted something similar a year ago, and a lot has changed since then. Secondly, I just think sharing this kind of information is really important. I have an internal…

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Living in New York City | August ’17 First of all, I am very well aware of the fact that I haven't written anything of value on here in literally months.

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Summer in New York City | July ’17 It's been a few weeks since I last posted anything. I have A LOT of things I want to write about, I just haven't had a ton of time to dedicate to it, SO more to come on that.

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Me

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Me

I have been literally terrified to share my own post for the entire duration of this month. I spent a long time trying to decide how to best express my relationship with suicide/suicidal thoughts. It’s an extremely complex dynamic to put words to. On the one hand, I have seen people take their own lives, and I have seen how such an action can be so final, leaving so many broken in its wake. But…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Sammy

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Sammy

Today’s piece is written by one of my best friends, Sammy. My friendship with Sammy is the kind where I  can genuinely say we know each other to our cores and I really mean that. I can’t say that about very many other people. With Sammy (and my other best friend from home, Gina) I feel so lucky. They are two of the only people I have ever met that can truly empathize with my feelings and emotions…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Alyssa

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Alyssa

I am very excited to share a piece today written by my friend, Alyssa. Alyssa is someone I have known for years, yet have never been all that close with. We were in the same sorority in college, but a couple pledge classes apart.  The reason I mention this though, is twofold. For one, it helps to prove my point that you really never know what someone is struggling with at any given time. And two,…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - LJ

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – LJ

The piece I am sharing today is written by the very talented, LJ. If you read my blog pretty frequently, you probably remember her post from Pride Month. Something about the way LJ writes is so captivating to me.  As you will soon read, her piece is about her stepdad and his struggle with Parkinson’s disease. I love the insight her story gives to this month’s topic. In my opinion, it’s easy to…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - I Jumped Off The Golden Gate Bridge

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – I Jumped Off The Golden Gate Bridge

Soooooooo I have a few great pieces already prepared for next week, BUT I wanted to post one more video-related piece to round out this week. Today is about Kevin Hines. I don’t want to share too much background information, because I want to let the videos below speak for themselves, but Kevin’s story is so meaningful to me. It is heartbreaking, inspiring, moving, and simultaneously filled with…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Chris Gethard

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Chris Gethard

I want to share something a bit different for today’s post. Earlier this year, a couple of friends and I went to see an off-broadway show called Chris Gethard: Career Suicide. A monologue-style comedy show hosted by Chris Gethard at a small venue on Bleeker Street downtown. In the past, I knew a bit about Chris Gethard from his podcast, Beautiful/Anonymous and his appearances in the Comedy…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - What It's Like to Lose Someone to Suicide

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – What It’s Like to Lose Someone to Suicide

Another crazy busy day at work means another video as today’s post (sorrrrrry!). I think this video is extremely powerful though, and I think it’s a great sequel to yesterday’s post. Although I feel very strongly that suicide is NOT selfish act, I do believe that it definitely has a wide-spread impact. Suicide has a way of affecting so many people in so many different ways. Sometimes, with…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - I Survived A Suicide Attempt

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – I Survived A Suicide Attempt

I have been SWAMPED these past few days at work, so I haven’t had as much free time to curate written submissions like I normally do. Having said that, I found a few really awesome videos that I knew I wanted to share this month, so what better timing than now! I especially appreciated today’s video because it puts faces to the topic of suicide. On the surface, before hearing their stories, the…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Drew Monson

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Drew Monson

Today I want to share a video originally posted by Drew Monson. As some of you know, I’ve been a weirdly big fan of Drew’s content for so long. When people ask what I appreciate about him though, I find it difficult to fully explain. The majority of Drew’s content is hilarious and beyond weird. His videos are, more or less, sporadic trains of thought that are just unintentionally mesmerizing.…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Kathleen Pt. 2

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Kathleen Pt. 2

 Today’s piece is the second half of Kathleen’s story. Here she shares her experiences with recovery and self-love.  If you have not yet read part one, I highly encourage you to first start there.  I know I said it before, but Kathleen’s words are so raw, and because of that, so important.  The nature of blogging is supposed to be concise, yes, but I think it’s extremely difficult to…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Kathleen

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Kathleen

As a special two-part series, I am extremely humbled and proud to share the words of Kathleen MacDonald – someone I consider to be such an inspiration to myself and so many others. I first met Kathleen during my sophomore year at JMU. As many readers know, I was part of a sorority in college. Every year, during February, my sorority would put together a “Speak Out” for Eating Disorder Awareness…

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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Julie

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month – Julie

Today’s piece is one I have been dying to share for a while now, well before I came up with the idea for this month’s collaborative project.  This is a piece written by my Aunt, Julie. In many ways, she has been someone I have idolized for so long. As I grew up, I was always so proud to have so many interests in common with her. To me, she was like the success story I wanted to one day become.  I…