September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Last year, an estimated 48,789 people died by suicide in the U.S., making suicide the 11th leading cause of death. Too many of us know what it is like to lose someone this way.
In the way of small towns, most of you know untreated mental illness has taken a lot from my family, too. My mom, bless her, has been brave enough to share much of the…


