Some families can talk about almost anything. Bills. Grades. Politics. Who forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer. Then the room goes quiet when someone says, “I’m not okay.” That silence has weight. It teaches kids to hide. It teaches teenagers to perform happiness. It teaches adults to push through until they can’t. It teaches grieving people that their pain makes others uncomfortable. And sometimes, silence becomes dangerous. Suicide is not caused by one conversatio

Some events stay with you because of the people you meet. Some stay with you because of what they mean. This one did both for me, personally. The suicide prevention event in LaGrange, Georgia, hosted by Joy Inside Tears in partnership with Find Something Purple, sponsored by MoeMoe Candle Company, No Days Off Water, and RoughCut Agency, brought people together for a reason that’s heavy, honest, and needed. It gave the community a place to talk about mental health, suicide pre

Some losses do not fit inside ordinary words. They change the calendar, the family table, the way a name sounds when someone says it out loud. During Suicide Prevention Month, I think about my brothers, Isaac and Joey. I think about the weight of sibling grief. I think about twin loss, a grief with its own kind of silence, its own ache, its own daily reminders. Losing one sibling can rearrange a life. Losing two brothers asks the heart to keep learning how to survive. This is

Founded in 2022, Find Something Purple was created in memory of Julian’s twin brother, Joey Andrews, his uncle, Tony Alverson, his younger brother, Isaac Andrews, and his cousin, Danielle Andrews. Each of them fought the fight of mental health. Their names are not a footnote to the work. They are the reason the work exists. At its heart, Find Something Purple is about mental health awareness, suicide prevention, first responder support, and community care across Georgia. It’s