Our local paper had an obituary for an 18 year old girl yesterday. There was paragraph after paragraph describing her accomplishments and interests and all the things she was loved for. Then it said that, although she was wonderful and talented and smart, she struggled with depression and bipolar. It went on to encourage familes to look for signs of depression in their teens and the importance of getting help and talking about it.

I was very impressed that they took their own horrible tragedy and publically and openly reached out to others.

One voice added to the many....to reach to those who need to hear.