Save the Teens

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I have done several radio interviews now with very caring women. I have posted all the ones I have links for online now so please take some time and listen to one or two - especially if you have not heard me speak. (link at top "Radio Interviews")

The conversations take different turns and twists and they are always a pleasure to do. I feel like I'm talking to old friends so far. Most are on blog radio, but one has been live on a Colorado station. I have not noticed an incr...

Last night I was a speaker at the NCWN Open Mic at Bruce Johnson's Studio in Wake Forest. Megan Cutter filled in for Alice Osborn, and did an excellent job. We even got a preview of her new book, Chrysallis (sp), which is very compelling.

I had several people come up to me to share their 'suicide stories' and it's truly amazing how many people walk among us everyday who have had to deal with the loss of someone they know and love, to suicide. One day the world will be able ...

I have had the book,"Save the Teens" in my possession (an actual printed book) for 10 days now and have sold 40 copies! This truly makes me feel like Cameron and I are achieving our goals now. I have to include my son, Cameron, because without him I would not have had the experience of being a mother, nor learned the depth of my resillancy. I have learned to help others through their grief, to lend a caring ear, to lead survivors through their grief and not around it.

But t...

I have to admit that getting this book out to the world has been very trying and sometimes, even painful. But I have to trust my friends who are helping me get it all together (editing, creating an index, creating the cover, setting up events, etc.) that it will become a reality.

If all goes well, it will head to the printer THIS WEEK :D! Then 2 weeks being printed and back to me. God - where am I going to store all those books? (I sure hope my next book will be picked up b...

Going to start typing some of Cameron's writings in a font that is similar to his handwriting. We want to share his words since that was his strong desire as expressed to me one evening in 2004.

Katharine Leslie has been a great source of comfort during the edits. Re-reading Cameron's writings can be very painful as it makes me feel helpless all over again. I will forever wonder what could have been done differently to keep Cameron alive.

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