So, we turn to one another to find a way through the darkest times of our lives. I've had many mentors that helped me get through the toughest times...men and women both who went before me. And now, through this blog, and also in some long-standing relationships I developed in the trenches, I give back to those still in the hardest phases. We see those ahead of us heal, we start healing and in turn we offer hope to those still fighting to survive. Peer support never meant so much to me. And this is seriously grassroots stuff...no institutionalization...it's grassroots and it's organic...it arose out of a vacuum of need. There was nothing there and we simply together created it and it is sustained in that way too. It's really quite a wondrous thing. … [click on title for the rest of the post]