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This is an excerpt from my first book, Faith by Fire. I am putting this here to stress the importance of avoiding alcohol during stressful situations. When we lost mom, I immediately turned to the bottle for comfort which, as in most cases, turned out to be catastrophic. Please, I’m begging you, do not leanContinue reading “A note concerning alcohol”

Naomi Judd committed suicide on Saturday, April 30, 2022. My heart aches for her daughters as I know the impact of what they now face. But to every survivor, I pray for healing, for it is not just the famous who are important in this fight, but everyone who suffers such a loss. We willContinue reading “Naomi”

I am in a class at SNHU for non-profit management and I am learning a ton. I definitely can’t question God on His assist in the building of SAS. What was needed has always been in place, right as it was needed. Of course, like with almost every experience in life, there have been someContinue reading “Things are happening…”

Being a disabled vet, I have a strong love hate relationship with the VA. I have had some awesome experiences and some rather unpleasant ones as well. Of those unpleasant experiences, most of them have something to do with mental health issues stemming from my bipolar disorder. For some context, I was diagnosed with bipolarContinue reading “When Cries for Help are Ignored”

My fondest memory of my mother was when she and I went to the dollar movie (yes, those used to exist). We had decided to watch The Great Outdoors and were literally crying when we walked out of the theater. We enjoyed the show so much that we decided to splurge two more dollars andContinue reading “Mom”

Good evening. I wanted to share a meme that just came across my feed. It states: I honestly believe that everyone has to go through something that absolutely destroys them in order to find out who they really are. Truth and nothing but… There have been several times in my life that I hit wallsContinue reading “There is purpose behind pain”

Hello my dear friends. Nelson here. So let me give you a quick background. SAS, Survivors Against Suicide, was born in June of 2006, three months after my mother, Marsha Lynn Thomas, committed suicide. It was then, after the pain and surprise had subsided (a little), that I realized what God had put me onContinue reading “We are live!”