See more sunsets.
Give more hugs.
Receive more hugs.
Watch more clouds.
Listen more.
Love more.
Connect more.
Be more impulsive.
Live my passion.
Change the world.
Not necessarily in that order.
My to do list
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AnneMoss Rogers
AnneMoss Rogers is a mental health and suicide education expert, mental health speaker, suicide prevention trainer and consultant. She is author of the Book, Diary of a Broken Mind and co-author of Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk with Kim O'Brien PhD, LICSW. She raised two boys, Richard and Charles, and lost her younger son, Charles to addiction and suicide on June 5, 2015. She is a motivational speaker who empowers by educating and provides life saving strategies and emotionally healthy coping skills. As talented and funny as Charles was, letting other people know they matter was his greatest gift. And now that's the legacy she carries forward in her son's memory. Mental Health Speakers Website. View all posts by AnneMoss Rogers
Anne one day we’ll meet again. I met you only very briefly. You conducted yourself very well back then too. You are starting a revolution to change the world. When we do meet again, I will give you a hug. Those are few and far between with me as I can’t touch anything anymore. For those I love and those that need hugs, I will make the exception without ever letting them know it hurts me. A warm embrace is still mentally soothing though. I love watching the white clouds go by and looking up to find shapes. We used to have hammocks when I first was injured and we’d watch the clouds. Sunsets are beautiful. The most beautiful one I saw was in Naples, Florida by the pier. I don’t have too many places to compare it to though. Country sunsets are beautiful too, but there’s something about a mostly still water sunset. As you become more of a famous public speaker you’ll connect so much. You won’t have the time to connect with everyone, but those hugs you want to give out will make a world of difference. I’m not sure what your passion was, but your blog and public speaking seem to have become your passion. Your a helper now. If you had multiple passions, try to make a balance. This is an incredible list. Do something on it every day.
Thank you Chris. It’s so nice to have link to someone who knew Charles at the school. I do remember hearing of your accident at FFS when I visited right after. You had already left. But the students were still upset so you were obviously a favorite.