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Suicide

Understanding Cutting

My daughter cut herself for the first time when she was 12 years old. Today, 11 years later, she is still struggling to overcome this problem. At the time I knew absolutely nothing about "self-harm" and it scared me to death. I was shocked and bewildered that she would do such a thing. It’s important to understand cutting - what it is, who does... >Full Story

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End of Your Rope?

We care! Talk to one of our mentors if you are thinking about suicide. Are you at the end of your rope? Feeling helpless? Hopeless? Need help for suicidal thoughts? These resources will help you. Suicide Hot Lines Books Take Steps to Hope Stories from the Edge Why You Should Give Life Another Chance SUICIDE HELP I-800-SUICIDE...... >Read More

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Typhoons, Tarot Cards, and Trials

This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries. Born in Tokyo in the 1960's to Canadian missionary parents, I was sent away to a very strict boarding school at age five. I came home with welts and bruises but lied to my parents about how they happened. I felt abandoned. I planned how... >Read More

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Life out of Death

It seems like yesterday I woke up to find my husband slumped over the dining room table. I tried to wake him but his hand was cold. As I read the letter on the table, I couldn't believe it. Though he said he loved me, my husband had committed suicide by drug overdose. I was in shock for the... >Read More

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Asking God Hard Questions

My father’s suicide catapulted me into a time of deep grief, a time when I questioned all I thought I knew about God, while clinging to Him daily for the strength to get through the pain. In those first shock-filled days after I heard the news that my father had hung himself in the basement of our home, my heart... >Read More

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