New York Trip

Hey Everyone!,

I hope everyone is doing well! This past Friday and Saturday I traveled to New York City. It was amazing! The reason why I went there was for a conference held there for the National Survivors of Suicide Day. Another reason I went was to visit my GREAT friend Gayle who I met from the walk in Chicago, we were on the same team, "Andrew's Angels."
I went to an amazing restaurant, and got a great chance to go to 'The Rock", which is the top of the NBC building in Rockefeller center. I took some pictures, and I will post them. The conference was terrific, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention did a really great job at putting it all together. I met amazing people, who are fellow survivors.
First, we all sat down to hear a discussion from Dana Perry, who made the movie "Boy Interrupted", a documentary of her son's suicide. Later we watched a video that premiered world wide about different ways people are coping with the loss of their loved one to suicide. It was a great video and very informational. Then we were divided into groups depending on who we lost to have a peer to peer therapy group. I cried sooo much, but it was amazing.
The conference was just amazing. Thank-you all who made that conference possible. It was so helpful. I met some great people, and just helped to validate that I'm not alone. Again I want to thank all of you guys and gals out there. With your support you are helping to save lives. Thank-you, thank-you.