For Lee

After living an extraordinary life, and fighting a brave battle with mental illness, our hearts are shattered to share that our best friend Lee MacMillan took her life on Friday, March 26, 2021. Lee was the brightest light, a magnetic force of nature, and was loved by so so many. #SpeakUpForLee SAMHSA Hotline for individuals and family members facing mental health and/or substance use disorders 1-800-662-HELP (4357) TTY: 1-800-487-4889 If you need immediate support, please reach out to your local crisis text line: USA: Text HOME to 741741 UK: Text SHOUT to 85258 Canada: Text CONNECT to 686868 or 741741 More resources at https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ and https://afsp.org/ https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/get-help-now If we can do one thing for Lee now, in the midst of this soul-crushing loss, it’s to spread the message that mental health is just as real as physical health, and that illness can strike anyone, no matter how unlikely they may seem. Lee's struggles with her mental health were also compounded in her last months of life by persistent and often vicious cyberbullying, and we want to drive home the point that cyberbullying has real life consequences -- the people on the other side of the screen have real lives, real feelings, and real struggles of their own. We are raising funds in her name to donate towards Mental Health Awareness and to combat Cyberbullying. If even one person can be spared her fate, it will be worth it. https://bit.ly/2QsKYal Life is more complex than a single social media post. Things are complicated. Don’t believe what you see online. Get out into the world and talk to your loved ones. Check in. Ask them genuinely how they’re doing. Be available to help. To listen. To offer help. Remove the stigma of asking for help. Please help us spread the awareness of this issue, for Lee and every one else who needs to hear this: share this page using #speakupforlee and share it broadly...you never know who is struggling quietly. And hold your loved ones tight. Tell them you love them. Because life can change in an instant. We will miss her with every fiber of our hearts. Thank you for contributing to her mission - her story will live on in all those she touched, let's honor her life by helping those who are not able to help themselves. (words from her family & friends)

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