Getting the word out for a very good cause

[yendi]

This June, frayedthoughts will be walking on a team as a part of the AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) overnight walk this June. It's a big event for a very important cause, I know it's something that's affected more people on my FL than I care to think about, and I apologize if talking about it is in any way triggery, but not talking about it is too often a part of the problem. A number of you (including my wife) took part in a walk last year, so I know that you're aware of the importance of this.

You can access their team page and make donations by clicking here; donating to any of them helps the team as a whole, and if you click on each of their names, they'll tell you (better than I can) why they're walking, and how important it is to them.

Comments

Re: A bit more from one of the walkers

[yendi]

Thanks for posting this -- I'd seen your flocked posts, of course, but didn't feel comfortable reproducing them without asking (and I hadn't thought to ask).

Why I'm Walking

[cgoldfish.livejournal.com]

I met Susan a few years ago (I can't even remember WHEN, now) online. We hit it off. We were both only-child New Englanders, and we both shared a lot of the same issues. Since we met, we spoke to each other almost every single day, hung out a lot together, drank together, laughed together and cried together.

I'm walking in her memory, but so that maybe someone else DOESN'T walk in a friend's memory. So that, even thought I am grateful to have met Laura and Yvette, possibly someone else doesn't meet new friends and a good friend's wake.

So for every single step in that twenty mile walk - I'm walking in sadness and in hope.

Re: Why I'm Walking

[yendi]

Thank you for posting this; I wish you didn't have to, but I do hope that this helps prevent more folks from losing someone.

[bryant]

Thanks for this.

[yendi]

You're welcome (but I'm just the guy spreading the word).

[bryant]

Thanks back at you!