Tag: life
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, Yesterday My Friend Tried to Commit Suicide
September 11, 2015
Is it ironic, coincidental, incidental or deliberate? It doesn’t really matter. It happened.
Yesterday, before 6am, I awoke to knocking at my door. In a haze, I woke up to my housemate telling me that one of our friends, CJ (name changed) was committing suicide. I’m not even sure I comprehended her as I was very groggy. All I remember is saying, what?! and her flashing her phone at me to a Facebook post our friend posted. She had posted various things but the main part was that she had decided to take her own life, taken a mixture of pills and had gone on a walk and that maybe someone would find a body.
Silver Lining Sunset Beginnings
September 8, 2013
And so it begins, this new blog here.
I was inspired by Alice over at “What’s On My Mind Grapes?” to start up a new blog. I love reading her posts because they’re so interesting, entertaining, and real. Some people have been asking me what I’m going to write about. I’m not entirely sure yet, probably musings, thoughts, things I do, things I want to do, something that will also be interesting to other people. I guess you’ll have to wait and see. Continue Reading