Let's Talk Canda

  Today is Bell's Let's Talk day in Canada. A day where we attempt to take the stigma off of mental health issues. It's a great initiative. One that is easy to support. We all know someone, or are someone, who suffers from it.

  Less than two weeks ago I wrote about this subject. We've lost family members to the disease. And yet even some among us still talk about it in whispers, with eyes down cast. As if we should be ashamed or embarrassed. For the record....we are NOT ashamed or embarrassed.

  Mental illness is just that. An illness. Anyone can get it. People can live with it. People can be cured of it. There are therapies to help. Medications. Support groups for not only the person with the disease but their families and friends too.

  People suffer in silence. People cry in silence. People die in silence.

  Talk. To someone. Anyone. Parent. Sibling. Spouse. Neighbor. Teacher. Doctor. Nurse. Police Officer. Minister. Priest. Friend. Stranger. Talk.

  Please talk. Can't find someone? Talk to me.

  Ang