Dead for a Decade (and I couldn’t save us), part 7
“It’s hard to save the world when you can’t save yourself.” Author Carrie Jones (Some references at the beginning are from the past couple of blog posts.) Hearing the saying for myself – “a turn of events” – left me questioning how to...
Dead for a Decade (I couldn’t tell you what was so wrong either …), part 6
“Don’t let this be the last page of your story, but the start of your next chapter.” Jennifer Betts I couldn’t tell you what was so wrong either. Neither could my mom even though she threatened suicide more than once. Her bent toward that option made me...Dead for a Decade (really, what was so wrong?), part 5
“Even our darkest thoughts will never separate us from the love of God. He is with us in the wilderness, and He is with us as we wrestle with our brokenness.” Kayla Stoecklein from Fear Gone Wild: A Story of Mental Illness, Suicide, and Hope Through Loss When I read...
Dead for a Decade (what was so wrong?), part 4
“Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.” Franz Liszt Anytime someone commits suicide, people ask, “What was so wrong that they’d kill themselves?” A family member asked the same thing when he found out I...
Dead for a Decade (deadening the life we have), part 3
“The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live.” Norman Cousins Just like denial doesn’t work, neither does deadening parts of us that we don’t like, can’t accept, or can’t change. It’s damaging at best, deadly at its worst. The...Hi, I’m Kim.
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