I hadnocluethatmylittleyardsignidea, a grassrootsfamilymovement, wouldspreadhopeinall 50 statesinover 27 countries.
Crazy.
ItallstartedinMay 2017, fivemonthsprior.
I washangingoutwithsomefriendsafterworkwhenoneofthemmentionedthesuicideratesinoursmalltown.
I wasshocked, heartbroken, and I thought, I havetodosomething.
Mysenseofurgencyandactionstartedwhen I was 14 yearsold, after I witnessedthe I rememberexactlyoneyearafterhedied, I wassittingonmybedwithmyBibleandmyjournal, and I made a prettybiglifecommitment.
I wanttobe a bridgebetweenpeople's sufferingandtheirhope.
SoinMay 17, I hearof a suicidespreeinmycommunity, and I thinktomyself, I havetodosomething.
Basedonhisfindings, twomen, tworesearchers, GwynandHellman, foundthatonthejourneytowardshope, whenthere's a setbackoranobstacle, maybe a crisisor a challenge, thenwemovefromhopetoanger, rightfulanger.
Andifweloseoursenseofagency, a beliefinourabilitytoovercome, whenwecannotreimagineourselvesorourcommunitiesafter a setbackorsuffering, thenwemovefromdespairtotheoppositeofhope, apathy.