Promises Broken

For Students, Teachers, Educators and Parents Lessons, observations, experience, memories, CIS debriefings and much more led to the writings found here. Written as it was over a period of four and a half years – this really is a book form of his blogs for easy reading and lookup - blogs in a book.The idea is to share in the hope that someone will find it of value, and save themselves or another. A book of Hope and Learning for despondent kids, adolescents and parents.This book covers suicide, bullying, physical and sexual abuse, long term and short term depression, mental health, recovery, attitudes, sudden unexpected death, feelings, talking, resources, education, disorders and much more.There are no guarantees in life. Most of what you read here is from personal experience or knowledge. Some of the experiences were gained without asking and with much mental anguish. Please consider these entries (typos included) as stories that help illustrate a point of view. You are responsible for you. No one else is. If you try something you learned from reading this book. Great, you tried - feel good! If it didn't work for you, then try something else or a variation. Don't blame the author for just trying to help by sharing. There are no diagnoses per se here, just blunt, honest truth as the author sees it - after a lifetime of seeing, knowing, caring, experiencing and living it.This is not a self-help book. It is a book of experience and insight. The author hopes something you read here will resonate with you and therefore help you in a very positive way. We want to keep you in the here and now, and alive and well again. There is no telling what impact you will make as you live, only time will tell. Let's try - and make a difference! You may be the key - for positive outcomes for many other people. By example perhaps?