Amplify

Sometimes we don't need to use too many words. Rarely, for me, as I'm wont to overwrite, expound broadly, use a paragraph when a sentence might suffice, fill the space with prose stylings. 

I digress. But we already know that. 

No, in this case, I think it better just to share a story that's really important, in hopes that by passing it along, it might find even a single someone who might need it.

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran recently made an incredibly brave decision. In an episode of a Netflix documentary about the team entitled "The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox", Duran revealed that he attempted suicide earlier in his career after the stress of trying to stay in the major leagues became too much to bear. In 2022, he put his mouth on his rifle and pulled the trigger, only to have the gun misfire and spare him.

Said Duran in a statement, "Talking about this wasn't easy, but it felt important. I knew that if I was going to share this, I had to be real about it. A few years ago, I found myself in a dark place, but I'm still here, and I'm so lucky I am. And if my story can help even one person, then it was worth telling."

Amen, young man. Glad you're still with us.

Reminder to all of us that anyone contemplating suicide can call 988 to reach the national Suicide and Crisis Hotline.