Author Archives: A suicide Survivors Guide

Aj, it stands for Anthony Junior, named after his father, who also happens to be my mother’s brother. Aj and I grew up together, just a few houses apart, with our grandparents living in between. We did everything together, from going to school, to doing arts and crafts and playing tag on summer nights. As […]

I too have had those same thoughts as you. How I thought everyone and everything around me would be better off if I would cease to exist. They linger, sometimes even for days, weeks and months. I used to just lie in bed, thinking about how alone I was in my thoughts and how I […]

I know when I first heard someone say that my brother was another suicide statistic, the anger I felt was unfathomable. I thought “How dare someone compare my little brother to just being a number.” He was much more than that to me and everyone else who knew him. My brother was compassionate, he was […]

Dear Cailean, Is heaven as far away as we think it is? Or is it just within our reach? I’m not talking about just in a church or in a book. I’m talking about all around us. Is it like when I look at the endless sky at night and think of you? Or is […]

“Place your hand over your heart, can you feel it? That is called purpose. You’re alive for a reason so don’t ever give up” -Joyce Meyer I could start off by introducing myself, seeing as this is my first blog EVER. To me though, it’s kind of cliché to start off anything with a “Hi […]