September 5, 2025 Friends, I’ve been sitting with this thought, and I finally wrote it down. What if suicide prevention wasn’t measured in funerals? What if, instead of repeating 22 veterans die a day, we actually knew how many survived? What if every hospitalization, every 988 call, every rope or pill a caregiver hid was counted as the prevention it really was? My veteran has survived nine suicide-related hospitalizations since 2014. Each one was a save. But none of them exist in America’s...

Sometimes the most restorative thing we can do is nothing at all—on purpose. Hi Reader, This Sunday, June 8 from 10AM to 3PM, Rock Island Farm is open for bunny snuggles—and you’re invited. Just a moment to slow down and feel something soft, still, and real. On Sunday, you’ll find: 🐰 Adoptable Holland Lop rabbits – kits, gentle adult does, and a few scrappy bucks 🎣 Fishing by the pond – bring your own pole or use one of ours 🐓 Chickens and bunnies to visit and hold 🪑 Shaded spots to sit or...

Sometimes the most restorative thing we can do is nothing at all—on purpose. Hi Reader, This Sunday, June 8 from 10AM to 3PM, Rock Island Farm is open for bunny snuggles—and you’re invited. Just a moment to slow down and feel something soft, still, and real. On Sunday, you’ll find: 🐰 Adoptable Holland Lop rabbits – kits, gentle adult does, and a few scrappy bucks 🎣 Fishing by the pond – bring your own pole or use one of ours 🐓 Chickens and bunnies to visit and hold 🪑 Shaded spots to sit or...