Blog | Growing Out Of Darkness

Apr 22, 2019
5 min

Be Accountable

It’s often too easy to place the blame on others without truly recognizing that we each play a role in the outcome of every situation. Ta...

Jenny Landon

Nov 24, 2018
5 min

Grateful my Heartache turned to HOPE

On June 2, 1999 I lost my dad to suicide. I was heartbroken and in disbelief that this could be happening. I was unable to stand due to t...

Saying Goodbye to Who We Were to Become Who We Are Destined to Be

Jenny Landon

Aug 16, 2018
5 min

Saying Goodbye to Who We Were to Become Who We Are Destined to Be

Have you ever had a life-changing conversation with someone you just met? Well, that’s what happened to me this past weekend when I met C...

Jenny Landon

Jun 2, 2018
5 min

Growing Out Of Darkness - GOOD

Losing a loved one to suicide is the equivalent of being hit by a semi-truck. Your entire body is broken in every possible way. You’re in...

Jenny Landon

Apr 14, 2018
5 min

Surviving the Storm

It's April 14, 2018. I step outside. I try to catch my breath, but I can’t. “This can’t be happening!” I want to scream, but I don’t beca...

Jenny Landon

Apr 13, 2018
5 min

Honoring Ryan Lind

With permission from the friends of Ryan, I share with you the letter they presented to the Mounds View School Board. 10 April 2018 Schoo...

Jenny Landon

Apr 12, 2018
4 min

Be The Village

On June 2, 1999, at the age of 20, I lost my dad to suicide. I was devastated. I didn’t understand how this man who had always been there...

Jenny Landon

Jan 23, 2018
5 min

Making Sense Out of the Unimaginable

This piece was originally written for and posted by UW Dawg Pound. It was only a few months ago that Tyler Hilinski was carried off the f...

Is it Possible to Live, Laugh, and Love Through the Holidays After Losing a Loved one to Suicide?

Jenny Landon

Dec 25, 2017
4 min

Is it Possible to Live, Laugh, and Love Through the Holidays After Losing a Loved one to Suicide?

The following blog post was originally written for and posted on WriteOnMyMind.com. The holidays are a time for gathering with loved ones...

Unexpected Gifts - Life isn't Black & White

Jenny Landon

Nov 21, 2017
5 min

Unexpected Gifts - Life isn't Black & White

Look at the picture … what do you see? I hope you see the love and happiness I share with my husband and daughters, but do you see my fea...

Jenny Landon

Sep 13, 2017
4 min

Anxiety, Regret, & Understanding

Dear Twenty-Something Year Old, Let me start by telling you how sorry I am for turning into an unpredictable, needy mess last week. I wou...

Jenny Landon

Aug 17, 2017
5 min

What 38 Taught Me

On the evening of November 28, 2006, I laid in a hospital bed with our new baby girl in my arms and I felt an overwhelming sense of peace...

A Broken Heart Shares a Message of Love and Faith

Jenny Landon

Jul 26, 2017
5 min

A Broken Heart Shares a Message of Love and Faith

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I’m here today. I am Jenni Ward, Jake's oldest sister, and these are our siblings, Jessica and Jef...

The Ultimate Healing Comes when Fear is Replaced with Love

Jenny Landon

Jun 3, 2017
2 min

The Ultimate Healing Comes when Fear is Replaced with Love

On June 2, 1999 my world as I knew it was shattered. For the next three years I was terrified of that day ... anticipating the memory of ...

Jenny Landon

May 23, 2017
2 min

The Day I Got Help

I had unknowingly transitioned from being a sleep deprived new mom, to suffering from depression, to becoming suicidal. It was not a choi...

Jenny Landon

May 20, 2017
4 min

Growing Through Grief

As I sat among strangers listening to them tell their story of who in their life had died, I watched some fight back the tears while othe...

Jenny Landon

May 16, 2017
3 min

The Reality of Dreams

He was there, he was with me. It was a dream and yet it felt so real. My sister, Sarah, and I were with my dad, along with a few other pe...

How the Stigma of Suicide Impacts Our Healing

Jenny Landon

Apr 26, 2017
4 min

How the Stigma of Suicide Impacts Our Healing

I’d like to tell you the story of a girl who loved her dad very much. He challenged her and supported her. He motivated her to strive for...

Jenny Landon

Apr 6, 2017
4 min

Overcoming the Grief of Suicide

I often read messages from survivors of suicide stating how they don’t know how to handle the pain, or they don’t know how to cope with t...

Jenny Landon

Mar 31, 2017
4 min

Honoring Project Semicolon

My thoughts and prayers are with Amy Bleuel's friends and family. For those asking how this could happen to someone who made it her life’...

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