09/02/2026
There are wayyy too many people gone who should still be here. Check on your people.
September is National Su***de Awareness Month.
Sometimes the faces, smiles, and voices that light up a room are the ones who suffer the most in the dark. We all know someone who lost their battle and we all are left with the unanswerable questions.
Sometimes there’s no signs, other times they are staring at us right in the face and we overlook them. Check on your people — it might be just enough to get them through to another day they weren’t planning on seeing.
Trust me from an unfortunate place of experience, don’t be the person who wishes they did more when it’s too late. That’s a battle that will keep you up at night and you will internally fight it for the rest of life. That demon has no peace.
If you’re that person in a dark place, it’s hard, but you have options. I guarantee you have some in your life who would way rather be up all night with you than sitting in a church pew for your funeral.
In today’s world, life’s a lot like a Fight Club quote. Sometimes our lives get so caught up in the daily grind of going to work for someone else while trying to afford things we don’t need just to impress people who don’t care about us.
The surface doesn’t always tell the story. You might have a friend who appears to have their ducks in a row living the ‘American Dream’: good job, homeowner with that white picket fence and two cars in the garage, family, etc.. but under the surface covered by their poker face of laughs and smiles, they’re one bad month away from losing everything.
When desperation enters, rational thinking and decision making exits.
Dial 988 if you need/want professional help!