"Life begins at 30."

[John Sweeney]

This is so beautiful Emily. In these words there is only love. My beautiful son tried to take his life twice.in high school. The more we open our doors as you do to this topic the better. Thank you. Thank you Sylvia.

[Emily Van Duyne]

Thank you, John. My love and thanks to you and your son.

[Ashley Holstrom]

This is so beautiful. Thank you.

[Emily Van Duyne]

Thank you, Ashley!

[cariza 🥀]

This was beautiful. I'm glad I found this piece and this space.

[Summer Brennan]

This is wonderful, thank you.

[Emily Van Duyne]

Thank you, Summer.

[Nels Highberg]

I don't even know what to say except thank you.

[Emily Van Duyne]

You're welcome, and thank you for being such a good friend and colleague.

[Clari Hughes]

So powerful. This will stay with me. Thank you!

[Emily Van Duyne]

Thank you!

[Hammond]

So beautifully written. ❤

I'm relieved to have this space where we can love Sylvia and name toxicity when and wherever we see it.

[Emily Van Duyne]

That means everything to me! Thank you. Come anytime. Stay. <3

[SunnyRai]

I'm looking forward to reading more of your 'stack, as I just stumbled upon it. My teen daughter died by suicide a few years ago, ironically, her name was Emily. I'm so glad you're still here, and that you are sharing your beautiful writing with us. I needed to stumble in here tonight, as our beloved family dog of 10+ years-that Emily adored, is passing away, not expected to make it through the night.

[Emily Van Duyne]

Sunny, I have just seen this comment. I'm so sorry about your daughter. Thank you for reading and writing. <3

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[Emily Van Duyne]

Thank you for this generous and thoughtful comment. I'm glad you're here. I wish Sylvia had made it that far, too.