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Suicide Prevention
I usually only use this journal for my LJ Idol posts, but I'm going to ask anyone reading this for a small favor.
I'm participating in the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention's Out of the Darkness Walk. I'm so close to reaching my first fundraising goal. If anyone reading this could make a donation, I would be so grateful!
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Week 19: Invitation
"Timmy, come back here where I can see you," I called to my energetic four-year-old at the playground, as I pushed his two-year-old sister in a swing ( Read more... ) -
Week 18: Intersection: Location, Location, Location
"I can't believe you're breaking up with me over the phone, while I'm at the airport," came a tearful female voice from behind me.
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Week 17: Blind Box: Never Mind
She wanted to call out, "I love you," as she was hurrying out the door. But she was running late and didn't want to have to repeat it if he didn't hear her the first time. Never mind, she thought. He knows.
She wanted to text him while she was waiting at a red light on Harper Street. But the light turned green. Never mind, she thought. I can text ( Read more... ) -
Week 16: Thunder Clap
Since my downfall seven years ago, I knew this day was coming. My confession, my apology. I had other opportunities to do this, but postponed it until I felt ready. Too embarrassed and too ashamed to call the attention to myself ( Read more... ) -
Week 14: Campfire Story
It was our first time camping as a family. I was fourteen and both excited and annoyed. My annoyance didn't have much to do with my age (feeling too cool for family stuff), or because I'm female (I'm not grossed out by bugs, that's silly). No, my feelings for this trip stemmed from asking, begging, my parents to take me camping since I was four. ( Read more... ) -
Week 13: Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here
I thought it was just another day at work. Giving tours of the Temporal Lobe to groups of high schoolers, and a little bit of paperwork at the end of the day. Boy, was I wrong ( Read more... ) -
Week 12: Salty
Renee was different. No. That word is all wrong. It makes it sound like she had a third arm coming out of her head. Renee was unique, a bit eccentric ( Read more... )