My best friend Lindsay would have turned 37 this week. She also would have embraced every witty Hurricane Florence reference. This is because behind the scenes, Lin’s mother was known to us as the red-leather Thriller jacket-wearing “Sister Mary Florence.” Hence the jokes would be flo-ing (see …
My deceased father’s birthday was October 23rd; my childhood best friend, Lindsay, committed suicide on October 25th. They died the same year. It was 2010, and I had just gotten married. Lindsay had also become engaged. Prior to her death and to my father’s, I …
Lindsay’s 33rd Birthday Friends, tomorrow (September 11th) will mark what would have been my friend Lindsay’s 33rd birthday. I often wonder what Lindsay would be doing today. Would she have continued her successful path in the development/fundraising world? Would she be happily married, ready to start a …
Dear Readers: You may remember from when I posted last year on Lindsay Apple’s family and friends who were participating in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of Darkness Community Walk. Team Loving Lindsay is back again this year, working harder than ever to raise …
Winston-Salem, NC — This Saturday, friends, families, and neighbors will walk to honor loved ones and increase awareness, education, and prevention of suicide through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of Darkness Community Walk. Remembering Lindsay One of my best friends from childhood, Lindsay K. …
The good news: I have been busy meeting my self-imposed deadline of November 1 to mail my interfaith marriage book proposal to an interested acquisitions editor. The bad news: I haven’t met my once-per-week blogging schedule. Most of my creative energy in October has been …