I had an exciting week this past week.
Our new house is closer to completion and they showed me a picture of my sunroom where I’ll be doing all my writing and it’s stunning. I picked out a colorful bird-print wallpaper and it looks so good.
Just a couple more weeks, then we can move in.
On Friday, I was a speaker at Rep. Todd Hunter’s Suicide Prevention Symposium, which was open to the whole community. About 100 people were there, and even though I was very nervous, I think I did an OK job. I spoke about my experience being suicidal and gave a few statistics as well.
I’m hoping to work with Rep. Hunter more on mental health initiatives — I’m really impressed with his dedication to mental health and to the community as a whole. He’s not a politician, he’s a public servant and it’s obvious. Very admirable.
This week, I’m hoping to get more packing done and set a date for the movers.
I hope you all are well.
Keep reading, and stay in the light, friends.
Hi Heather – I was on Rep Hunter’s meeting. I think you did a fantastic job. I wanted to reach out because I also live with mental illness and suicidal thoughts and am an attempt survivor. I also work with the Texas Suicide Prevention program as an epidemiologist. I was on the call because I authored the data report my Associate Commissioner, Dr. Harvey, spoke about. Keep up the amazing work and feel free to reach out.
Best,
Jennifer
Thanks for reaching out. I’m so sorry you’ve struggled so much, but I get it. Here’s my email address in case you want to talk further: heatherannloeb@gmail.com
Hey, Jennifer. I have a question about a stat I thought I heard about the suicide rate of the Coastal Bend at the presentation. When you get some time, can you call or email me? My cell is 361-876-2588 and my email is heatherannloeb@gmail.com