World Semicolon Day 2024

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Trigger Warning: Suicide Topic

Thank you Rodella for the bracelet.


Today is World Semicolon Day. It’s a day to reflect on the ones we have lost to suicide and those who struggle to stay here even today. It is not a warm and welcoming topic. It comes straight from the pits of Hell, but ignoring the uncomfortable can costs us a great deal. Maybe this has not affected your life, praise God for that! I hope it remains that way for you. But for those who remain in the aftermath of such a tragic loss, I pray you can find comfort and peace through Jesus Christ. Suicide is such a tragic loss because often it is preventable. Understanding that suicide is a secondary struggle can help save lives. The enemy works diligently against those who are not coping or healing from previous trauma and pain. Negative thoughts and emotions compound until it feels like there is no other way out. I ask today that you take a moment to say a prayer for the thousands who may awake this day and think to themselves, “I can’t do this anymore.”



The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.    John 10:10



In loving memory of Dawn Carrico.

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