September is suicide awareness month and last week was suicide awareness and prevention week. I do not feel adequate enough to talk about such an important topic, but I would be remiss to ignore it. I hope that what I share here is not hurtful in any way but filled with love and hope. Although I have gratefully not lost a family member to suicide, it has been close. My grandmother (pictured below in her high school graduation picture) survived the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. For those of you who are not familiar with the Dust Bowl, it is considered one of the greatest environmental disasters in American History. If you want to learn more about it click here for a book I highly recommend. The city she was born and raised in was one of the worst affected areas. She is also a survivor of child sex abuse. I bring this up for context, but will not share more in this blog post about that. That's for another time. In her adult life she struggled with the ramifica...
My name is Daniel. I am a gay member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I also really like cake. A lot.