Turning Grief Into A Foundation

Well I am taking my directions from above.  I am listening, praying, and listening more.  I wish God and the Angels in heaven had email.  Wouldn't that be so cool?  God@heaven.above
Anyway, I have been told by many how proud they are I am speaking out and taking lemons and making it into lemonade....really I was given a field full of manure and I am spreading it all around the World as fertilizer to help all the wilting flowers blossom again.  Believe me when I say it is a lot more than a bushel of lemons...at least they smell good.  What I was left doesn't smell good, and was not a refreshing experience for me like the scent of lemon is.  But that is ok.

I vaguely remember trying times in the months leading up June 14th and I remember asking God, what are you preparing me for it has to be HUGE!  This is so much to take all at once.  I know you won't give me more than I can take but please God...enough is enough.  Well, now I know what he was preparing me for.  I say I vaguely remember because the problems we were facing that were causing so much stress in our lives were so insignificant compared to the loss of Jared.

Well it really was after much prayer and a visit from Jared worried about how Rich would handle the idea, that I approached Rich with I would like to start a Foundation and travel talking to schools, churches, and organizations about suicide and suicide prevention.  To my surprise he was in complete support of it.  He said after listening to me talk at the three services we had for Jared he felt that is exactly what I needed to do.  So more prayer, planning, researching, and more prayer....here we are.  We now have a Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/JaredsKeepers and a website still undergoing construction
www.jaredskeepers.com .
We are currently developing our curriculum for talking to each group.

• Teens
• Adults
• Those Contemplating
• Survivors
• Support Networks

We will also be keeping calendar of events on our pages.  So feel free to join us if we are near you.

I am also making this mission the new, more solid, foundation to my life and my marriage.  Today is big in many ways, one of those is that today for the first time since the 90s I have been totally alone at home overnight.  No one here...say a prayer...of course I have a wonderful island family that will gobble me up at a single text and have me running all night if I let them.

REMEMBER....