A Walk in Your Shoes 💜✨

Being a kid is hard.

Being a parent is hard too.

Being a kid struggling with mental health challenges is hard.

Being a parent of a child struggling with mental health challenge is hard too.

Parents want to protect, we want to solve for the symptom and eradicate the pain.

What if we could relate better, empathize and well just be there?

What if we could support the journey and advocate for the care?

Envelope with love — protect & heal through nurture.

What if we could walk along side you?

What if we could walk in your shoes so we could better comprehend?

Sometimes the best thing a parent can do is be there, walk in their shoes, understand the struggle and pain, and help to guide to healing and give endless love.

I promise you won’t regret it.

MG Missing you today more than ever.

Always and forever.

; 💜✨#shinebright #4yearsgone 11:11

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The Maddie Project is a community effort in support of youth struggling with depression and other mental health related concerns. Driven by community collaboration and events, the project’s goals are to raise awareness by sparking conversations about youth depression and mental health concerns as well as to help provide uninhibited access to support for youth and their families.

The Maddie Project was founded in April 2015 in memory of Madeline Grace German Coulter. To date the project has engaged millions in active conversations around youth mental health and has raised over $1.6 million dollars towards the development of Maddie’s Healing Garden and support of other child and adolescent mental health services in our community.

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