That question has stayed with me for years. It still makes me wince. In 2018, I lost a loved one to suicide. He hung himself without leaving a word, at least not one that we know of. At his wake, I saw so many different versions of him through the stories others shared. And yet, there was a thread that ran through every story: he was loved, he was kind, he cared deeply, he was always there for people who were hurting. I was always in awe of the work he did, though quietly afr

I still remember how quickly safety vanished. As a prefect, I was meant to uphold the rules. But there was a group of girls who seemed to take pleasure in testing me. They broke rules right in front of me, smirking, daring me to act. They warned me: If you report us, we’ll make you pay. One afternoon, after school had emptied, they cornered me. The first slap came fast, then fingers yanked at my hair. My glasses slid off, and in that blur of fear the world went hazy. I bent d