14 Friday Jul 2017
Posted in Just a PERFECT Thought, Quote of the Week
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Awareness, Blogging, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Mental Health, Music, News, School, Suicide, TEEN DEPRESSION
Suicide is never an option, because you are worth it!
Innocence is never truly lost, find your inner child…
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
July 14, 2017
01 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted in The Lost Diary of Jane Doe
A Monster Under My Bed
Sometimes, as I sit in class, surrounded by other kids just like me, I close my eyes…letting my thoughts take me to a better a place.
A place where I can be myself and not pretend to be somebody I’m not. A place free of judgments. I like it here…I feel safe.
Suddenly, I’m startled out of my trance by the bell. My peers hurry out the door.
Slowly I drag myself out of my seat, grabbing my backpack, thinking… “I can do this…I can make it through another day.”
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 21, 2016
02 Friday Jun 2017
Posted in Photographs from Art Gallery, Poems
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Addiction, Cutting, Hope, Love, Motivation Speaking, Photograph, Self-Harm, Solitude, Suicide Awareness, Summer, Support Groups, TEEN DEPRESSION, The Jewels' Angels Foundation, Travel
SOLITUDE
Some stolen moments are taken for granted…to be forever lost in your longing for another day so simple and pure.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright: September 2016
23 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in POEMS By Jewels
Tags
Addiction, Awareness, Blogging, Hope, Life, Love, Motivational Speaking, Poems, Religion, School, Suicide, Support, TEEN DEPRESSION, The Jewels' Angels Foundation
I always told my girls that actions speak louder than words… this is the one time I wish they hadn’t listened.
Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright: May 23, 2017
4 AM
I am stuck in a dream
I don’t want to leave so I refuse to scream
I tripped and fell into a new life
Screaming cause someone has a knife
Don’t fret, just your imagination
You’ve made a fabulous creation
The grass grows long so you lay
Wishing you would fade away
You don’t want to weep
So you wish and pray
That you won’t wake up the next day
I am stuck in a dream
jcw
07 Sunday May 2017
Posted in Just a PERFECT Thought
As parents, we do not want to admit our teenagers are using drugs, but we need to keep our eyes open. Elementary school years are the years of innocence. Jr High School may be another story, all together. Teenagers may go through drastic changes once they hit 7th and 8th grade and high school may be even worst.
As parents, we need to watch our teenagers for warning signs of possible drug use:
1. Sudden changes in mood / attitude
2. Bursts of anger
3. Isolation from family (spending a lot of time in their room)
4. Drop in grades
5. Lack of interest in normal activities
6. Changes in appetite
7. Changes in sleeping habits
8. Lying
9. Change of friends
10. Skipping classes / truancy / tardiness
It is our job as parents to keep a close communication with our teenagers / children. Stay involved in their lives and know where they are and what they are doing when they are not home.
It is also important to let your kids know you “do” trust them and they can come to you to talk when they need to. Don’t get your feelings hurt if they don’t talk to you about everything, but stay positive and let them know you are there for them when they do want to talk.
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
05 Friday May 2017
Posted in Photographs from Art Gallery
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Awareness, California, Family, Friends, Patience, Photography, San Francisco, Suicide, Support Group, TEEN DEPRESSION, The Jewels' Angels Foundation
Patience is a virtue…so true.
Photography By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright May 2017
28 Friday Apr 2017
Posted in Just a PERFECT Thought, Poems
Tags
Addiction, Dead, Faith, Family, Happiness, Hope, Loss, Love, Memories, Pain, Siblings, Sisters, Smile, Suicide, TEEN DEPRESSION, The Jewels' Angels Foundation
April 28, 2017
She felt as though her days were limitless
Her heart ached, her soul empty
Longing for the once happy life, the sunshine that would make her smile
Laughter, bonding, memories, happiness
Distant, now it was all so distant
What happened?
Why did he take her?
Why did she take herself,
herself away from me?
Now there is little happiness
A simple smile is painful, but she does it anyway
Faking happiness, telling herself she is okay
Xanax numbs the pain,
Alcohol makes living okay,
But inside she is dead.
-PMW
26 Wednesday Apr 2017
Posted in POEMS By Jewels
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Ask, Author, Awareness, Family, Friends, Help, Hope, Hopelessness, Metors, Photography, Poems, Relationships, Support Groups, TEEN DEPRESSION, Teen Suicide, The Jewels' Angels Foundation
ALEXANDER
JCW
2/20/16
FOR HER BEST FRIEND…SHE QUOTES, “I MISS YOU!”
His days were as low
as the bottom of the sea
Depressed, that’s that.
His words were unemotional,
unexpressive, unhappy
Not in his right mind.
His smile was weak,
skin pale like snow,
shaggy hair fallen in his face.
Couldn’t get out of bed,
not even to shower,
not even to eat.
That’s when I realized,
it wasn’t just a bad day he had-
it was never ending.
I guess I could say his days caught up to him,
cause now I’m reading the note he left me
saying “goodbye.”
Rest in Peace
Alexander
13 yrs
Photography By: JCW
20 Thursday Apr 2017
Tags
Adolescence, Author, Awareness, Book, California, Cutting, DEATH VALLEY, Faith, Family, Help, Love, Manuscript, Non-profits, Parents, Photography, Suicide, Support Groups, TEEN DEPRESSION, The Jewels' Angels Foundation, Therapy
Excerpt from Manuscript – Julian’s Voice
“Chris, don’t you dare hang up on me! Are you there? Damn it, he hung up…”
“No, I’m still here.”
“What are you going to do? Are you going to tell your mom?” She asked.
“Of course not. She will freak.”
“But, how are you going to hide it? Don’t you know that you’re not supposed to cut where anyone can see…especially not on your arms.”
“I know, I’ll just wear sweatshirts to school.” Chris replied.
“But, Chris…it’s over a hundred degrees all week. That will be obvious.”
“I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
“Why did you do it?” Why did you start cutting again? It’s been almost a year that you’ve been clean.”
“I don’t know…I just get so depressed some days. It’s the only way I feel that I am still alive…I feel so dead inside, you know what I mean?”
She did know what he meant, sadly to say, she did.
THE JEWELS’ ANGELS FOUNDATION, INC.
A NON-PROFIT
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright April 20, 2017
16 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in Authors of the Week
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Author, Healing, Health, Hope, Mental Health, Published, TEEN DEPRESSION, Teen Suicide, Unpublished, Writer
Teen Depression Website
I wonder if this is how she felt…
Everyday is a constant struggle just to stay alive, nothing makes your happy, tired of trying to be happy, can’t imagine this dull pain inside your heart forever…with the hopelessness.
The feeling that you are all alone even though you know you have people who dearly love you.
There is help and you are not alone
The Jewels’ Angels Foundation, Inc.
Suicide Prevention Hotline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright 01.19.2017
