Letters to Rob

This week has been very difficult to say the least. There have been many challenges surrounding addiction. With relapse, manipulation and mental health issues, it has been very difficult to navigate through this week. It all came to a head this morning, when a nurse at GBMC attempted to try and make me feel horrible, when I was trying desperately to help a woman who needed psychiatric help. Without love, understanding and compassion, people will never receive the help that … Read More

Dear Robert, Tomorrow, you would be turning 26 years old. Every time that I say that out loud, I tear up. I think how young you would still be and how much life you have missed. So many great things happen between the ages of 18 and 26, and you aren’t here to experience any of them. It makes me so sad to think of the memories we would have had with you, where you would be in your life, … Read More

Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who has supported me, Rising Above Addiction, and my mission of helping people to reclaim their lives. Because of your generous donations, your attendance and support at our events, your willingness to peel away the stigma and see the person, so many people are able to live another year. Thank you to all of the girls at Reclaiming My Life and Keeping My Serenity for trusting me with your lives. Each and everyone … Read More

Grief from losing you is… Watching an old tv show, and remembering who I was when I used to watch it. Being out, seeing people living their lives and remembering a time when I was that person. Keeping your name and number in my favorites, on my phone. Keeping your room exactly the same, your drawers still filled with your clothes and holding on to every material thing that I have left of yours. Knowing that if I change these … Read More