Mental Health Awareness Month & Blogging

With May being Mental Health Awareness month I’m posting a lot more than normal on Kaleb’s Story Facebook page. There is always certain times of the year that I will post more than others.  If it was a perfect world, or if I ran a blog page or non-profit page full-time this might not be the case but as it stands I do still have other priorities.  That’s not to say that makes this any less important. It just means there are times of the year that I spend every lunch hour, evening or weekend searching out the best quotes of the day, or researching statistics, working on fundraising and writing meaningful blogs.

When I began this blog page I decided I’d never write a blog just to fill a quota or to have something to post that day. That’s why sometimes it’s months between them and sometimes only days.  Sometimes they are so personal I leave them as drafts and never post them.   A lot of my posts are about suicide prevention, grief, healing after loss and mental health but that’s not all that we are.   In the coming months we will be going on vacation and I plan on blogging each day as WiFi allows and sharing on my personal Facebook since it’s not related to Kaleb’s Story page.

That’s one thing that some people may not have a grasp of. Yes, we lost our son and our life changed forever, but our daily lives are just like anyone else’s. We get up, go to work to earn a living. We work around our house and we go on vacations. The difference, everything we do, we do with a piece of our heart missing.  Anything might remind us of him. Looking at souvenirs on vacation we might find his name spelled correctly or we might find one of those machines that flattens pennies. He collected those everywhere we went. Those little reminders will put a smile on our face as we remember the good times. Or on a bad day they might bring a tear to our eye as we get frustrated or sad. We might see an awkward gangly teenager that looks just like him from the back and for a split second forget our life changed forever.  But we are a normal family 90% of the time.

I hope if you chose to read our vacation blogs that you enjoy them. Those will be posted in August. If I’m unable to post them each day of the trip then I’ll post them all when we get back from vacation.  If you don’t want to read them  then you’ll probably want to skip the August blogs labeled Vacation. I’m excited to return to cruising after a 6 year hiatus from it.

Here’s to more posts and more blogs to bring awareness, tips, and statistics to each of you in the near future. I’ll try and do the research for you and bring you motivational quotes when you might need them most.  Because you are important! You Matter! And Most Importantly YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!  #BeKalebsVoice