by Karen Poll
Our daughter, Claire, was a bright, seemingly healthy teenager who had a zest for life and was always using the phrase YOLO (You Only Live Once).
However, by the age of 14 we started noticing changes. We didn’t realize at the time they were some of the key warning signs of depression: personality change, agitation, withdrawal. We attributed them all to normal teenage angst.
We had no idea of the catastrophic storm that was brewing inside her. Claire ended her life the last night of ninth grade at the age of 15, June 5, 2014. We … Read more...