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How I helped bring TWLOHA’s Between the Bells program to the high school where I teach

The first year I started teaching in Port Arthur, I wanted to bring To Write Love On Her Arms’ Between the Bells suicide prevention program for high school to my school. Our principal said no. Last year, I started teaching in Beaumont and talked to my new principal about the program. He said yes. OurContinueContinue reading “How I helped bring TWLOHA’s Between the Bells program to the high school where I teach”

So I’m turning 29: World Suicide Prevention Day 2018

Originally posted on Facebook on August 31, 2018.  Hi guys. Somehow I’ve made it through another year, and I lived to tell the tale. Turning 29 feels old because I’m still young inside. It’s kind of like the end of the book “Fog Magic” when Greta tells her father she thinks getting older is likeContinueContinue reading “So I’m turning 29: World Suicide Prevention Day 2018”

#IWasMadeFor: World Suicide Prevention Day 2017

Originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 11, 2017.  So this week is Suicide Prevention Week, which started with World Suicide Prevention Day yesterday. I speak out about this because I don’t want anyone else to feel alone like I did. People are always surprised when they find out. “You seem so happy all the time,ContinueContinue reading “#IWasMadeFor: World Suicide Prevention Day 2017”

So I’m turning 28. | Donating my birthday to TWLOHA

Here’s a little secret most people don’t know about me. I can’t even count the number of times I almost died. This is not an exaggeration. People ask me, how could you want to just end everything? You have your whole life ahead of you, you’re good at writing, and you’re so happy all theContinueContinue reading “So I’m turning 28. | Donating my birthday to TWLOHA”

Why I Kept Living: World Suicide Prevention Day 2016

Originally posted on Facebook on Sept. 10, 2016.  It’s been almost one year since the last time I wanted to die. It’s morbid, yes, but today is World Suicide Prevention Day and so far, I have kept living. I was 14 when it happened the first time. Winter has always felt like death to me,ContinueContinue reading “Why I Kept Living: World Suicide Prevention Day 2016”