I’ve not written in a while and I’m sorry for this. I had a lot going on.
It was Dads 33rd anniversary on 24th March and his 74th Birthday yesterday.

Since I last wrote I can’t remember if we was all in lockdown from Covid-19 or whether we was slowly coming out of it. I have to say that since the beginning of Covid-19 to now, I have been one of those lucky ones who have kept away from it. I have been extremely saddened of how many have passed from Covid-19 and express my deepest sympathy to those who have lost loved ones to this. You will be surprised to know though that there have been more people who have died by Suicide since the start of Covid-19 to date than Covid-19 itself. Most of these are children as young as 8/9, teenagers 16/20 and above.

We need to now be more vigilant and be there for everyone and if we spot the signs that children/teenagers are not coping, we need to take action and help!!!

I’m going to finish by saying I may not always be able to write updates for a while due to having lots going on, but, I cannot express this enough. Be there for each other and look out for signs that something’s wrong.

The signs are:
Severe sadness or moodiness
Hopelessness
Sleep problems
Sudden calmness
Withdrawal
Changes in personality or appearance
Dangerous or self-harmful behaviour
Recent trauma or life crisis
Making preparations
Threatening or talking about Suicide

Please look out for these signs and together we can help put a stop to Suicide and hopefully will be able to help families with unnecessary suffering.

Take care and look out for each other
Lots of love
Joey xxx