today is World Suicide Prevention Day
check in on someone. take them out for coffee. let them know they’re not alone. encourage them to keep movin.
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read “the darkness rolled over her” with a buddy and talk about it together.
a free and easy way to encourage someone is to have coffee and read a book together. at fivecoffeesandabook.com, you can get my short story and some guiding questions — all for FREE.
“the darkness rolled over her” is a fictional short story by me, paul andrew skidmore. it’s more like watching a movie than reading a book, and — despite tough themes — it’s heartwarming and encouraging.
Five Coffees and a Book is an easy way to talk about hard things. let people know they’re not alone and encourage them to #keepmovin.
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i want to give away 100,000 copies of “the darkness rolled over her”. please help get the word out by:
share this post to friends you think might enjoy a free, quick read
texting them fivecoffeesandabook.com
sharing the Five Coffees facebook, twitter, or instagram with them
even better, take them out for coffee, and you can talk about it together. it’s free, simple, and easy, and you’ll make friends for life.
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