“My father was a great man. He loved unconditionally. He gave of himself endlessly. Through out his life my father struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide. I was not aware at the time though that he was struggling, as the last time I saw him I was eight years old.”— Amy Bleuel, medium.comTagged: Fathers, Unconditional Love, Depression, Suicide
“Faith for me plays big around the aspect of love and hope. I have had the opportunity to have people come into my life and love me with a Christ like love. Through that love I am empowered to continue my story and spread that same love to others. To have faith in something bigger than yourself allow…”— Amy Bleuel, medium.comTagged: Faith, Love, Hope, Opportunity, Christ
“Growing up for me I experienced some great pain, from abuse, to rape, to even the loss of my own father to suicide. Not only did I already struggle with my own mental illness, but to have these experiences it further my depression to thoughts and attempts of suicide.”— Amy Bleuel, medium.comTagged: Pain, Abuse, Rape, Suicide, Mental Illness
“Mental health is a taboo subject. No one wants to talk about something that they can’t see, thus can’t understand. People have this misconception about suicide because society has portrayed to them this corrupt concept thus they believe it. If we change the conversation we can change the way people…”— Amy Bleuel, medium.comTagged: Mental Health, Taboo, Suicide, Society
“A semicolon is used when an author chooses not to end a sentence. We are saying you are the author and the sentence is your life and you are choosing to continue. The best way to put the conception of the semicolon was that it was conceived in a perfect storm scenario.”— Amy Bleuel, medium.comTagged: semicolon, Project Semicolon, author, Perfect Storm, Sentences