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awakening to our daydream

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Veronica Beck 1 Comment honoring Barbara

by Barbara Rose Waters The store happened because Marsha and I never stopped daydreaming. Every so often at school,

Talking About Barbara

November 23, 2019August 12, 2020 Veronica Beck 11 Comments breaking family patterns, breaking generational patterns, compassion for yourself as a parent, family history of suicide, honoring Barbara, mental health, talking about hard things with kids, talking to your kids about suicide

“I’m sad today,” I said to my kids.

I didn’t want it to be a big deal. I wanted it to be like one of Kate’s thousand little conversations, casually mentioned and repeated over time so that the lesson gradually and naturally sinks in.

But a thousand little conversations have to start somewhere.