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My University prof posted this earlier. Looks like a super choice!

Not sure what to think.

BCcampus is seeking a web-savvy, creative individual to work as a Digital Designer with our Marketing and Communications group.

Remember, Pop-Ups are usually bad. Google the Pop-Up name and see if it's legit.

Hi Bell, I guess I’m a couple days late on the ‘Let’s Talk’ campaign but I wanted to share my story anyway in the hopes that it may help those struggling with d...epression or grieving a suicide. This is my mom. In August of 2015 she lost her long battle with depression and died from suicide. In the months since her death I have learned a lot about what depression and suicide actually means. Sometimes I worry that when people find out that my mom died from suicide they will think she was crazy, unstable, or that there must have been some sort of abuse or dysfunction within our family. This was not the case. I was very close to my mom. She also had great relationships with her other two children and loved us all very much. In the months preceding her death she often told her friends that her marriage to my father, that lasted almost thirty years, was the best it had ever been. She ran a successful business. She often gave her time, money, and love to those in need. Because of her past she always had a soft spot for at risk youth. My mother came from an abusive home. Due to this abuse she left home at 15 and entered a world of depression, loneliness, and drug addiction. Eventually, after turning her life around, she met my father and had three children. Occasionally the symptoms of her difficult past would put a strain on her relationships with my father and her children but we always worked it out and we always knew that we loved each other. I enjoy strong friendships with my siblings to this day and a great relationship with my father and it is because of these relationships that we are able to move forward as a family. My mom was unique. She taught me how to cook and clean but she also taught me how to ride a motorcycle. She loved tattoos, slalom water-skiing, and having a beer and a cigarette with her friends and family. She loved to host people in her home and within moments of arriving there would be offers of full glasses and full plates. Nobody was allowed to leave hungry. Often at holidays she would open our family dinner table to her employees who had nowhere to go. She laughed loudly and loved deeply. I share these details about my mom’s life because her suicide did not make sense to me. Why would she commit suicide when everything in her life was going so well? I have realized that it is our society’s misunderstanding about depression and suicide that led me to this confusion. We use language like ‘committing suicide’ or ‘taking your own life’ as if it is an intentional, deliberate, and rational process. Sometimes people who die from suicide are called selfish or weak. None of these things about suicide is true. If someone loses a 10 year battle with cancer we talk about how bravely they fought against the disease and how they were an inspiration to everyone around them because of this fight. People with depression are fighting a constant battle as well. Often it is one that they fight alone because it is not visible to the people around them. Sometimes people lose their battle with mental illness through suicide. They are not selfish and they are not weak. Anyone with a mental illness fights bravely each day and they should be remembered as brave fighters regardless of the circumstances of their death. My mom did not want her life to end. She loved her life. She was excited about the many camping trips and boat rides to come with her husband. She was excited to become a grandmother. She was excited to expand her business. But there came a moment when the pain of depression fell upon her so heavily that she was not strong enough to lift it off of her. It doesn’t mean that she didn’t love her family or want to continue her life. She just wanted the pain to stop. For people with a healthy immune system illnesses like the flu are often easily overcome. For someone with a weakened immune system routine illnesses can be fatal. My mom had an unhealthy brain. During a time of deep pain and sorrow that someone with a healthy brain would have been able to overcome, her brain was unable to. But the circumstances of her death do not affect the life she lived. Just as I will not be ashamed of the way she lived I will not be ashamed of the way she died. Depression is something that afflicts many people and just because it can end fatally does not detract from the lives that those who struggle with depression lived. My mother was beautiful, my mother was strong, my mother was brave, my mother was generous, and my mother was loving. She has instilled a desire in me and my family to show the same love and compassion to those around us and I will not let that die out. In that way we will honor our mother’s memory and by doing so keep a part of her alive forever. If you are someone who struggles with mental illness know that you are not alone. Know that you are strong. Know that you are brave. Sometimes people can say things about this struggle that can range from insensitive to absolutely cruel. Many of these statements are born out of ignorance. They do not know or understand your battle. It is okay to ask for help and it is okay to need medication. Nobody has ever been made to feel weak because they need regular medication for low blood pressure. Nobody should be made to feel weak because they need regular medication for their mental illness. Talk about it, learn about it, and keep fighting. There are so many around you who love you more than you know. See more

Not a Habs Fan, but the joy made me smile!

Got a call today from "Microsoft Partners saying I had virus's" Just hang up. Don't try to talk to them.

Amazing Technology changing lives!

Anyone see my new Ad in The Echo? It in the Beefs and Bouquets. Can anyone spot the spelling error?

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Good first week. Several happy costumers!!

We will offically be starting on December 1st. Getting the paper work in order as we speak!