Tragedy happens every day. And when it does, social media is an immediate reminder that people talk about it and have varying opinions and approaches to coping with it. Healthy and unhealthy. Here are some relevant articles and resources to help guide the conversation in a healthy way: Guiding Your Students Through a Traumatic Event [...]
Today, families are lost for answers as news spreads about the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Here’s just one of the thousands of stories on the events from today. So many emotions and thoughts roll through my mind as I try to make sense of this. Almost 30 lives are lost [...]
This Thanksgiving weekend marks the 5th anniversary after losing a classmate, neighbor and childhood friend too early in life. I still remember going to his funeral and seeing many that I graduated high school with asking the same question, “Why?” There are still no answers today just as it was back then. And for thousands [...]
You and I. We’re survivors. Every year, thousands of people give up hope for tomorrow and tragically end their lives. However, many more people are left in the wake wondering ‘Why?’ So many questions, doubts, fears, and memories spin in our heads as we try to make sense of the unthinkable. Even years later, those [...]
This Saturday, November 17th, is National Survivors of Suicide Day. Many of us have felt the ripples of effects brought on by the loss of a loved one – especially around the holiday season. In the past five years, there have been 164 completed suicides in Brown County. We have lost 17 community members to [...]
Here are just a few stories from See You At The Pole meetings around the country: Every year for the past 5 or 6 years, a group of youth pastors in our town get together and sponsor a SEE YOU AT THE POLE RALLY for the Sunday night before SYATP. We have worship band, speaker(s)and [...]
This video of WKBT anchor Jennifer Livingston is a brilliant reminder to us all that the outside isn’t a real clear picture who we are. You are defined by your character. Stand up to bullying! Common Bullying Myths (dosomething.org)
