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Suicide. It's been another year, and still people are dying. Every 16 minutes, someone is dying. The number that have touched me personally this year is in double digits. How can this be? How can, in our so-called"enlightened" society, there still be such a stigma attached to mental ILLNESS? Illness. You know, like cancer, or a tumor, or pneumonia. ILLNESS. How can, in our "enlightened" society, someone end their own life every 16 minutes, because the pain to stay is greater than the pain to go? Why can I, in our "enlightened" society, get a massage for my aching back every week, courtesy of my insurance company, but my aching BRAIN has a limit on the number of times I can see a therapist.. courtesy of my insurance company?

How can we, in our "enlightened" society, watch the mental breakdown of a young woman like Britney Spears and find it, of all things, entertainment? How many more of our best and our brightest have to succumb to this illness before we finally wake up?

Why can people not understand that suicide doesn't just end the life of the person who dies? Their family, their friends, their acquaintances..... all are touched. Once upon a time, in a land far ago, I was a whole person. Now there is just a quarter of me walking around, because the best parts of me ended their lives.

Please join me in my efforts to help to bring suicide and mental illness from the darkness, into the light. One dollar, 10 dollars, a thousand dollars..... every single penny raised helps to save one life.

I am, now and forever, Jason and Rick's Little Mother. I am a Survivor of Suicide. And I pray that you never are, that you never know the loss and the emptiness left behind. There is a hole in my soul that nothing and no one can fill. My sons were the very best, the very brightest, with the world at their feet. Believe me. If my son's can die by suicide, ANYONE can. Please help me bring it out to the darkness.




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Online Donations     Total: $2,213.00
Donor Name Amount of Donation Date Comments
Brenda Adkins $338.00 06/06/2008 From many people who loved my sons.... I thank you. Thank you for helping me to keep their memories alive. Thank you for helping save lives. Thank you for always being there for me. I love you all.
Tommy Adkins $100.00 05/28/2008 Yes you are as strong as Jason and Rick said you are.
Anonymous $25.00 05/22/2008  
Teri Braa $25.00 05/21/2008 Walk with our Angels Brenda, You are such an inspiration to us all. In Loving Memory of my son, Justin Meier.
Greg Brudnicki $200.00 06/04/2008
Jean Cornell $100.00 06/04/2008 Please walk for all of our children so they are not forgotten. Jean.........Mom of Stephanie
Vicky Deluna $100.00 05/21/2008
Claire Devitalis $20.00 05/05/2008 Your unfailing love for your sons is an inspiration.
Scott & Mel Feenstra $20.00 07/15/2007 Thanks, Mel & Scott. Your support means the world to me.
Anonymous $25.00 11/17/2007  
Connie Hartsfield $25.00 06/03/2008 I'm soooo proud of you! Keep on trucking!
Patty Jacobs $25.00 05/20/2008 Bren, Thank you so much for walking for
Mo Krauman $604.00 05/06/2008 Twins are special. This I know. And the Mother of twins is extra special. I am proud to know you, Bren and proud to support you this year. Thanks for all you do and for reminding me how special my mom is too!
Rosaleen McCabe $100.00 06/04/2008 Wishing you the very best please think of Anthony and maybe wear a neckless for him Rosaleen
Kate McDaniel Watson $25.00 05/29/2008 Brenda, thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and so many other people. You are one of the strongest people I know and I hope for your determinatin and drive in my own life. I love you and I loved your boys. Walk tall, they will be watching and cheering you on!
Chris Montgomery $100.00 07/15/2007 It wasn't your fault Chris. Stop blaming yourself and live your life. For her.
Wendy Parry $50.00 05/18/2008 My dear friend Bren.. just a small contribution (for now) for such an amazing cause. If it can help save just one life, that's an amazing feat. Love you!!!
Mare Sanford $10.00 05/15/2008 Go Bren! This donation is made in Loving Memory of my son {{{{{Jack Clason Sanford}}}}} Known to us of POS as Moe. Thank you for doing this!! Love and hugs, Mare Mom of Moe
Kati Seiber $1.00 05/05/2008 Love you, Brenda. God Bless.
Peter Sostheim $200.00 05/28/2008 We are proud of you! Peter and Pam
Tara Sproles $20.00 05/05/2008 God bless you.
Michael Thompson $100.00 05/24/2008 go girl go!
Offline Donations:     Total: $2,880.00
Donor Name Amount of Donation Date Comments
BRUSH STROKES PAINTI $250.00 08/06/2008 offline contribution
BILL BAUTSCH $100.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
HERMAN BLAGG $30.00 08/06/2008 offline contribution
STEPHANIE BRUDNICKI $100.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
PANAMA CITY TOYOTA $1,000.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
DANIEL C DAUBE JR MD $50.00 06/13/2008 offline contribution
PATRICK DELVALLE $10.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
K EARL DUNDEN $500.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
CHARLES GALATI $15.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
TERRY GRIFFIN $50.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
CONNIE HARTSFIELD $25.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
PETER HITCHCOCK $50.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
STEVEN JOHNSON $100.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
ROBYN MOODY $200.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
COL ROBERT MYERS $50.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
KENNETH PTAK $25.00 08/06/2008 offline contribution
FLOYD SKINNER $250.00 06/20/2008 offline contribution
PAMELA SOSTHEIM $50.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
DREA WARREN $25.00 01/28/2008 offline contribution
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