Leanna May Franklin

You can reach out to me personally if you'd like to learn more about any of the interventions I mentioned or need advocacy. I will attend any meeting anywhere in the U.S. provided I have the availability on my schedule. You can reach me at Leanna at SeattleNAD.com. That's L-E-A-N-N-A at Seattle like the city, NancyAppledog.com. My phone number, you're welcome to call or text 425-393-4762.

This is what it is. These are the next steps. It's staying engaged. It's staying connected. It's communicating new ideas, communicating what's working, what's not, and it's not giving up.

This is what it is. These are the next steps. It's staying engaged. It's staying connected. It's communicating new ideas, communicating what's working, what's not, and it's not giving up.

This is what it is. These are the next steps. It's staying engaged. It's staying connected. It's communicating new ideas, communicating what's working, what's not, and it's not giving up.

Yeah, well, and you're doing a great job of that, Tony. Every single day, you're helping people to tell their stories. So the more we can educate the public, raise awareness, the better. And I think, you know, I'd like to speak to that place that's kind of quiet, that's underlying from what you're saying. And that is kind of the place that isn't polished or solved or wrapped in a bow, right?

Yeah, well, and you're doing a great job of that, Tony. Every single day, you're helping people to tell their stories. So the more we can educate the public, raise awareness, the better. And I think, you know, I'd like to speak to that place that's kind of quiet, that's underlying from what you're saying. And that is kind of the place that isn't polished or solved or wrapped in a bow, right?

Yeah, well, and you're doing a great job of that, Tony. Every single day, you're helping people to tell their stories. So the more we can educate the public, raise awareness, the better. And I think, you know, I'd like to speak to that place that's kind of quiet, that's underlying from what you're saying. And that is kind of the place that isn't polished or solved or wrapped in a bow, right?

We don't have all the answers. It is the scariest, most challenging experience that I've ever witnessed or have experienced in my life. I recently read the first three chapters of the book Difficult, Mothering a Child with Mental Illness by Judah Smith, and I was flooded with overwhelming grief and sadness. Not just because the stories were powerful, but because they feel like my own.

We don't have all the answers. It is the scariest, most challenging experience that I've ever witnessed or have experienced in my life. I recently read the first three chapters of the book Difficult, Mothering a Child with Mental Illness by Judah Smith, and I was flooded with overwhelming grief and sadness. Not just because the stories were powerful, but because they feel like my own.

We don't have all the answers. It is the scariest, most challenging experience that I've ever witnessed or have experienced in my life. I recently read the first three chapters of the book Difficult, Mothering a Child with Mental Illness by Judah Smith, and I was flooded with overwhelming grief and sadness. Not just because the stories were powerful, but because they feel like my own.

So these mothers, parents, families, their children, their family members, your heart breaks. They live inside all of our lives. I don't think anyone's really immune to this. And that's really the understanding that we have to reach is that this affects everyone. We no longer have the luxury of turning a blind eye. It's everywhere.

So these mothers, parents, families, their children, their family members, your heart breaks. They live inside all of our lives. I don't think anyone's really immune to this. And that's really the understanding that we have to reach is that this affects everyone. We no longer have the luxury of turning a blind eye. It's everywhere.

So these mothers, parents, families, their children, their family members, your heart breaks. They live inside all of our lives. I don't think anyone's really immune to this. And that's really the understanding that we have to reach is that this affects everyone. We no longer have the luxury of turning a blind eye. It's everywhere.

And there's a particular kind of grief that mothers carry when their child struggles with severe mental illness. It's not the kind you recover from. It's the kind that stays.

And there's a particular kind of grief that mothers carry when their child struggles with severe mental illness. It's not the kind you recover from. It's the kind that stays.

And there's a particular kind of grief that mothers carry when their child struggles with severe mental illness. It's not the kind you recover from. It's the kind that stays.

I would say look up and read about ambiguous grief. Ambiguous grief is what we're experiencing when we're losing someone who's still with us. Like they may be physically present, but their mind is gone or opposite, right? They might be gone physically, but they're calling week to week. We don't know where they are. Ambiguous grief is so painful because, like you said, we don't have the answers.

I would say look up and read about ambiguous grief. Ambiguous grief is what we're experiencing when we're losing someone who's still with us. Like they may be physically present, but their mind is gone or opposite, right? They might be gone physically, but they're calling week to week. We don't know where they are. Ambiguous grief is so painful because, like you said, we don't have the answers.

I would say look up and read about ambiguous grief. Ambiguous grief is what we're experiencing when we're losing someone who's still with us. Like they may be physically present, but their mind is gone or opposite, right? They might be gone physically, but they're calling week to week. We don't know where they are. Ambiguous grief is so painful because, like you said, we don't have the answers.

We don't know how this is going to play out. We're completely powerless. And no one is coming through with a plan. And it is the scariest, darkest place. And I say we're in the dark ages. You know, Washington state has the most money than any other state in the U.S. per capita. And we're in the dark ages when it comes to mental health care.