New Year's Resolutions

I will laugh about suicide, in that out loud, curl over with an aching belly and tears streaming down my face, hyperventilating type laugh.

I will find the comedy in the pain.

I will give voice to the journey.

I will do it amongst family, those who have involuntarily faced and walked the path of loss. We are not alone.

I will find healing through writing, through sharing, through living.

I will feel hope that we can end suicide as we know it.

I will do it through you.

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Happy New Year!

I am thankful for a new year
a new opportunity to start again
to make corrections and improvements
to tweak this, sharpen that
to make up for wrongs
to be showered and blessed for rights done
to remember and learn from those past
now gone
thankful I am still here
for lessons learned
however difficult and challenging
for friends that care
for vibrancy, overflowing talent, passion and fervor
for the things that matter
love
family and friends
health
mission
life.

Wishing you all an amazing New Year 2009!

The Afterw@rd