More than twice as man people die each year by suicide in New York than by homicide. One central New York mother almost saw her daughter among those statistics, until she stepped in.
Movies and film have the power to bring out emotions in us, and many know the right movie can change lives. That's what Charles 'Chic' Scaparo hopes to accomplish with his latest short film Beatrice.
When someone decides to get a tattoo, there is usually some special meaning behind it. Whether it honors the loss of a loved one or the birth of a child, this mark that stays with you for life should have some significance to it. It makes it that much more beautiful when there is a deep story behind the ink.
My first real exposure to suicide happened at the age of 12. My parents were going through a divorce, something I would have never imagined my parents doing, and my father did not take it well at all. My dad has always had depression and the divorce really made it a lot worse. Seeing him go through what he went through was very difficult and had a huge impact on me. That is when I made my first at