“I am not proud of this moment. It is not one I share with others often, and rarely have I done so. It was hard to live through then. And it is difficult to walk through now, 22+ years later.… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Most of all, I remember her laughing. It filled my ears. Her smile, her sparkling eyes, and her infectious laughter, along with the vistas,… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“With each opportunity before me, God presented me with a choice. I could accept His offerings, His wisdom, His grace. Or I could choose… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Life is messy. Grit and grace come at us fast, side by side. Sometimes the grit becomes overwhelming and diminishes our spirit. What’s good… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I thought by masking the depression with silence, the feelings might disappear.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I thought that day was the end of my life. It was the end of the world as I knew and understood it. I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I could accept my circumstances, my life, people, and even events around me, without giving my approval or releasing my control over such. I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I’m not ‘different’ from anyone else. Crises and tough emotional periods are the grit around which my inner self has been formed. Some, I… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Deep down inside of me, way down deep, in a place previously unknown; I heard it: a solid, honest, compassionate whisper. It was quiet,… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Most teenage suicide attempts are cries for help; the teens survive, succeeding in bringing them the wanted attention. Mine was not a cry for… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I call it an Aha! moment. It is the moment when I can hear, when I know, that an answer is being offered to… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I was desperately searching for something to make sense; for the world to connect back with me.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“If you stop drinking, I’ll stop taking Valium, and then we’ll see who’s who and who’s what.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“I believe that time period was a gift of God’s grace. I have no other way to explain why I did not die or… — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
“Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently.” — Sharon E. Rainey Copy Share Image
