"I can do anything good."

I know there are days when we feel down, when we feel anything but good about ourselves (I just had one of those days today, honestly...espe...

Make your own purpose in life, not a list of things to change

In 2000, retired Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple lost his 15-year-old son Jeffrey to suicide. He went through a downward spiral aft...

It's a disease; it's no one's fault

I am currently working on a story for the Oakland Press’ Christmas paper about three children, between the ages of two and seven, who have b...

Trust me. People care.

Suicide first personally affected me when I was only 13 — when my uncle shot himself in the chest when he was in his car in a parking lot....

Giving Christmas to a family who lost their father

For families spending their first Christmas after the death of a loved one, their holidays aren't so "merry" this year. For ...

Media: memorializing a life does not mean we're glorifying suicide

I know that people accuse the media of “glorifying” suicide. I have heard people say that, by talking about suicide, the idea is put in peo...