((Alfee)) thank you for sharing this

((Moi)) your post made me remember when I was a young girl. My aunt had just died of breast cancer. I remember how the elders said not to say breast cancer, it was "taboo" to use such a word. Just say she died of cancer.

I have seen many changes in my short life time. Many illnesses are not as taboo as they once were. Where dementia is effecting my life, I am reading horror stories how these lost souls use to be locked away... the crazy old man in the attic, the families deep dark secret.

I see commercials on TV for suicide prevention all the time. There are posters in my doctors office, in the hospital. There are Out of the Darkness Walks being held all over the country. Things are changing. I want to be part of that change. I want to walk my talk, so I joined the coalition in my community. Every one of us is making a difference. Anything can change, it only takes people to get involved. Holding onto hope