“We lost our daughter to suicide.”

~Words a parent never ever imagines to utter, let alone type, own and write a blog with reference to.
I posed myself with the question: “How will you introduce this blog”?
Every part of this blog I can promise you will be direct, honest and from my perspective; apart from my husband or children authoring a story in here. I am a mother of three biological children, an adoptive mom of one and a step mom of two. I have five boys and one daughter. Our brood spans a ten year gauntlet in age difference. My eldest son recently enlisted in the Air Force and lives in Texas. The rest of the kids live with us in Michigan. Two of the children share addresses between their mother and us.

What is it that I want to accomplish? Who am I speaking to?
I have stories. I have used writing as a method to articulate what was and is going on within of me. I want to accomplish getting words on “paper” that make sense to someone. I just want to employ my words as a way to enlighten, educate, inform and heal myself and anyone that is burdened to walk along side of me. I can promise you honesty, and I can promise you tears. I will open my heart as much as I am capable of and invite you in to observe. You can even judge. I will make you angry at some of my perspectives, and I will create a source of laughter by means of quick wit and ignorance. You will not be of the same opinion with my values across the board, I am certain. I am not requiring you to. It doesn’t matter if you believe in God or not. It doesn’t matter if you have children, or lost them in a similar manner. This blog is for anyone that is compelled to read it.

The fine print:
I am not unflawed; please excuse me as I am human. I will compose mistakes and I am sure that I will at one point or another distress or dismay someone. It’s not my intent to be malicious; this is a means for me to express myself and traverse through the issues I have from my point of view and how they have been presented to me. I will not lie about anyone I write about. Anyone or anything that I write about is taken purely from my perspective or the perspective that has been given to me. I will not candy coat fact. Not everyone will enjoy reading this blog. Furthermore, you have the right to no longer read this. If this upsets you I encourage you to stop reading it.

If suicide is something that you have or are contemplating thoughts about, please, get help. You are so worth living, you would not be created if you were not meant to be.
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