Hey Friend,

I have to say my heart isn't into it today. In fact, it's in a minor mode with a sadness weighing it down.

My daughter shared very sad news of one of her classmates - this young girl's mother chose to take her own life, leaving a husband and two children to pick up the pieces.

I don't know this family, have never met them. My daughter wasn't even close to the girl. But I can't help but feel an incredible pain for them right now.

I can't wrap my head around the mental state one must be in to make a decision like that. To be so distraught that suicide is the only option in one's mind, or that the pain is so great that any concern for loved ones is secondary to the overwhelming desire to leave this world.

Depression is very real and very dangerous. We're all living in stressful times, and it can be very easy to lose hope. There's always tomorrow, though. A new sunrise, a corner to turn, a new possibility.

Hug someone today and show them you care. Play a song that makes you happy. Smile at yourself in the mirror and know that you are the most perfect you - even if you're mad at yourself. 

Every one of us are unique and worthy of life. Sometimes life is a bitch, but hope is there that it will get better. And it will.

Please know that you're important - to your family, to your friends and to me. 

Love and Peace~

Dave