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Suicide Prevention Awareness: Lessons Learned Living in Rural America

My parents both showed up for all my 4-H and FFA activities from livestock shows and club meetings and always picked me up and dropped me off at leadership camp. We were a family of five, and I was the youngest of my siblings. I am sure there was stress within the family, but it wasn’t noticeable or anything out of the ordinary looking back as an adult. However, our family had an unexpected and abrupt change when I was 15.

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