Overcoming Suicide

One year. 365 days. 8,760 hours. 525,600 minutes. 31,536,000 seconds. That's how long you have been gone. It has been the hardest year of my life. One year without your smile. One year without your laugh. One year without your beautiful voice. One year without your love. One year without you. I've forgotten what your voice sounds like. I've forgotten what your hugs feel like. I've forgotten a lot of the little things, and that hurts like nothing I've ever felt. But I haven't forgotten the big things you've taught me. You taught me that God has bigger plans for me, how to love others, how to be myself in a world that doesn't fit me, and how to be Jesus to others. I miss you more than you ever know. I have friends that don't use my name in a mean way or make fun of me for it, and that accept me for me, just like you said I would. My heart is heavy today because you're not here. It's been one year without you. I can't wait to see you again a

Well, hello everyone! I'm back! It's been a hot minute, hasn't it? There have been a lot of things that have happened in the past few years, and I would love to catch y'all up on all of them! Let's just get started on the writing, shall we? Fall 2018 Wow, what didn't happen in fall of 2018? Let's see. I was still able to work at the Belcher Center as a student usher, and I really loved my job! It was always so much fun to work with Kurt and the gang. I also was student teaching at Spring Hill Primary here in town. I loved working with the teacher and the kiddos, and I had so much fun every day there. That fall, I also turned 22 and it was such a fun day. The biggest thing that happened that semester, though, was getting my sweet kitty girl Stormy Jane. She's a long-haired tuxedo baby, and she is the best kitty ever. She was so tiny when she showed up on Bridey's front porch, just the size of a three month old kitten. To our great surprise, however, s