I'm not going to be a spoiler for Jennifer White's inspiring closing line in her post about founding the Hope After Project in memory of her mother, who died by suicide in 2011: Please go to her post yourself and read it from top to bottom. Her story is as heartwarming as they come:
I had connected to what was good in [my Mom] and it produced something good in me. I had looked at the chipped paint and dirty walls and dedicated myself to making that school a better place for kids to learn. In that moment I forgot my pain for a minute. I thought about my friend who was with me and realized I had seen a lightness in her, too. By volunteering together we had found hope after our loss. In that moment [the] Hope After Project was born.When it comes to ideas about grief and healing, the Hope After Project is brilliant. If you've got two minutes, let this creative, innovative young woman tell you about it herself:
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