I was visiting a friend in Lucerne, Switzerland when I learned Robin Williams committed suicide. I remember my friend’s response when I relayed the news to her. “What?! Why? That’s just so selfish,” she said. That seemed a little blunt, but she wasn’t completely wrong. The loved ones left behind by the person who commits suicide inherit a great deal of suffering and grief. And it’s a lifetime burden. I always hope anyone who’s suicidal, holds on and lives past that desperate moment to see things can and really do get better.       Robin Williams suffered from depression and anxiety. A while after his death, his wife said he found out that he also had....continue reading

      The seemingly contagious annoying millennial habit of saying “literally” before any declaration hasn’t infiltrated my dialogue exchange yet. A not-so-small mercy as “literally” is the new “like” of colloquial language and that’s depressing. But I have my own overly used terms and phrases that I need to dispense of so I shouldn’t be too judgmental. I definitely need to revamp my response repertoire. “That’s hilarious” or “that is amazing!” or even just “amazing” have been overly played out as my default response to whatever anecdotal retelling someone shares with me. But the one phrase that I say often, whether to someone aloud or in my head, and which I desperately....continue reading