Suicide – theCauseCoach

Sixty Weeks to 60: Ten Years Ago

October 8, 2024October 27, 2024thecausecoach

(31 Weeks)

Monday, October 6^th, began like any normal day – or as normal as our days had become that year. 2014. It was a roller coast of emotions. I had been diagnosed with breast cancer in March. Ran a sub-4-hour marathon in April. Had surgery in May. Our daughter graduated from 8^th grade in June. By July, I was out of work, starting radiation treatment, and our lives were spiraling downward.

Sixty Weeks to 60: Suicide

September 10, 2024October 27, 2024thecausecoach

(35 Weeks)

Today, September 10^th, is National Suicide Prevention Day. This is a day I wish I knew nothing about. This is a day I wish I didn’t care about, didn’t write about, didn’t feel the need to acknowledge. I wish no one did.

My Chicago Marathon story and why everyone should run for charity

October 6, 2023September 12, 2024thecausecoach

It’s Chicago Marathon weekend. Maybe a good time to share my Chicago Marathon story. New York City was my first, way back in 1997. Yet it’s the Chicago Marathon that is uniquely special to me. My Chicago Marathon story is one of hope and healing and ultimately survivorship and fulfillment.

Focusing today on who I’ve become

September 10, 2021November 20, 2021thecausecoach

World Suicide Prevention Day. My 7th since becoming a survivor of suicide loss. With every passing year I become more distant from that event, although I still feel compelled- maybe obligated is a better word -to say something.

On this day

October 6, 2020January 10, 2021thecausecoach

The feeling begins to emerge right after summer ends. When school resumes, not the official end to summer weeks later, long before the temperature dips and I start thinking about bringing out the sweaters, I start thinking about this day. This was the day – October 6th – that fell on a Monday that year and would forever change the course of our lives.