Guest Column: Rolen Around the Bend

Vonda, Maven, and Becky went to Gulf Shores for a few days. I went out to my garden and picked some lettuce and pulled some weeds. David bush hogged the field next to my house. I think he is done. Thanks David. I have to weed eat in front of Tammie’s house.

By Charity Rolen

We had fog Saturday

The last couple weeks have been very busy for me at the Wave. I have been speaking to the local city councils and quorum courts. I’m trying to bring awareness and prevention for Suicide. I spoke to these groups asking for help to sponsor an ad that we are going to be running until I no longer can.

On this ad it has the 988-suicide hotline, We are the 22 intervention line, and going to have the veteran’s suicide hotline. I have been speaking to several groups to get more information and help. Our ad is $48 for six months if anyone would be interested in sponsoring. It is in this week’s edition on the back page.

I know talking about this subject had been seen as taboo. I believe that it’s time to stop treating this as an unmentionable subject. It is a real issue, and it needs to be brought to the light. If we don’t, more lives are going to be lost. This is something that is completely preventable. We just have to band together as a community and help each other. I know in this day and age that is rare, but a change is needed. It’s not just adults that are going through this, it’s affecting the kids too. Mental health is important! A lot of factors go into suicide, but mental health is a key ingredient.

Yes, this is because I lost someone very close to me due to suicide. I don’t want other families to have to go through this. If I can save just one life then all this work will be worth it.

As I close this week’s news please remember. You are enough, you are loved, and you are needed. Even if it doesn’t seem that way, this is not the end. All you need is one reason to fight. Keep your focus on that and please just reach out to someone.

I hope you have a wonderful week. I’ll see you Rolen Around the Bend in the Marshall Mountain Wave next time.

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Charity Rolen is the editor of the Marshall Mountain Wave She can be reached at mtnwavenews@gmail.com

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