{"id":8622,"date":"2020-03-11T23:03:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bisexualblogs.wordpress.com\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2020-03-11T23:03:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:03:02","slug":"hello-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimedia.org\/blogs\/2020\/03\/hello-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Content Note: bereavement, a death by suicide<\/em><\/p>\n

Wow, how has it been two years since my last post here?<\/p>\n

I guess I had nothing to say for a while.<\/p>\n

And then early on in 2019 I found out that someone I knew from my school days had died by suicide a few months before. Whilst I didn’t know her well, and I hadn’t even spoken to her since we were teenagers, I care about her mum so much because she did a lot for me when I was young. Her mum was always around when things got tough. She got me a Saturday job by introducing me to the owners of a local shop. She sent a card when mum killed herself (which I still have, over 16 years later). And she let me sit in her class once, a few weeks after mum died, even though I had changed schools for 6th form by that point. This was an amazing thing for me as it meant I had somewhere safe to be for a while after my dad had a mental breakdown.<\/p>\n

All of these acts of care from her are things that I have carried with me my whole life. So I have been so heartbroken since finding out about her daughter, Sophie. Especially as I know what it’s like to lose a loved one to suicde. Since I heard the news it has taken me a really long time to be able to return back to the things I love, like writing, again.<\/p>\n

Between them, both of Sophie’s parents have raised over \u00a340,000 for Papyrus so far which is just absolutely amazingly mind-blowingly incredible. Please consider donating to this amazing suicide prevention charity if you have a spare pound or two. Every penny really does help someone who is great distress. And every penny donated helps to save a life.<\/p>\n

The lastest fundraiser in memory of Sophie can be found here: https:\/\/justgiving.com\/fundraising\/andrew-airey3<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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