Mission Moment

The story of a local, anonymous mother who is bravely sharing her story.

“People say you don’t get a handbook for parenting,” she says. “There must be a separate chapter for being a parent to a child who is suffering with mental illness.”

“There is so much goodness that comes from community,” she says. “The right kind of community.” No parent should have to build that village alone.

Japanese Kintsugi Art In traditional Japanese Kintsugi art, a broken bowl is never discarded. It is repaired with lacquer mixed with powdered gold. The cracks are not hidden. They are illuminated. The fracture lines that once felt like the end of the object’s usefulness become the very things that make it rare, beautiful, and worth holding onto. Many people who have lived through suicidal ideation describe a feeling of brokenness. It can feel as if something inside them has c