Christmas Morning Tea with Arthur 2020
A dark, cold, and damp morning. As I was pulling into the parking area at McMahon’s Mill, I had the strange thought that I should see fishermen, bicyclists, and hikers standing around steel barrels Read More
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
– Henry David Thoreau
Our goal is to raise awareness of mental health issues as they pertain to teenagers, suicide prevention, and the prevalence of bullying behavior in our public as well as private schools. Bullying is a destructive and learned behavior that requires much more attention and action than it is currently given. We intend to use unique methods to address this problem.
All profit from donations will go to teen suicide prevention/mental health programs and anti-bullying efforts which have yet to be determined.
On November 23, 2016, we came home from work and found our son, Arthur, dead by his own hand. He was fourteen.
The police arrived and conducted an investigation. They were not only very professional but compassionate as well and were a great help to us that night. Eventually they made the determination that it was a simple suicide.
(ages 12-18)
25 %(on a regular basis)
20 %(for fear of being bullied)
8 %A dark, cold, and damp morning. As I was pulling into the parking area at McMahon’s Mill, I had the strange thought that I should see fishermen, bicyclists, and hikers standing around steel barrels Read More
Stars So here I sit, thinking too hard as is usual. I have the late Tom Petty playing through my headphones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has always been happy music for me. Don’t know Read More
I’m hard on gloves no matter what they are for, usually I wear them out relatively quickly. I also have hands that are hard to get a proper fit with many manufacturers patterns either my fingers are Read More
The Unfinished Business of the Abby Road Ducks You would think that over time this process of grief and loss would get easier. It really doesn't; it does change though. Now don’t get me wrong here, Read More