My good friend Adam Biddle, who came to my classroom a couple times while I was teaching fifth grade, wrote a wonderful piece for Fire Rescue Magazine. Adam is a battalion chief for the Noblesville Fire Department.
The article, which you can read by clicking here, is about the loss of his infant son as well as the Noblesville school shooting in May, in which he thought he may have lost another son. It's a very well written piece. He speaks about the fact that there is a stigma around any kind of weakness, including (especially) as it pertains to mental health.
Adam was one of the first people I contacted after the Noblesville shooting, not even thinking that he may have been one of the responders called on to head out there. I didn't even realize his son went to the school for sure.
The things that have happened in this past year--up to and including the severe bullying the poor Guerin student received at the hands of the five deplorable girls--show us that we are in greater need of mental health understanding than perhaps ever. I am so thankful for people like Adam who have gone about shedding some of the stigma away so that everyone can get the help they need when it's needed.
The article, which you can read by clicking here, is about the loss of his infant son as well as the Noblesville school shooting in May, in which he thought he may have lost another son. It's a very well written piece. He speaks about the fact that there is a stigma around any kind of weakness, including (especially) as it pertains to mental health.
Adam was one of the first people I contacted after the Noblesville shooting, not even thinking that he may have been one of the responders called on to head out there. I didn't even realize his son went to the school for sure.
The things that have happened in this past year--up to and including the severe bullying the poor Guerin student received at the hands of the five deplorable girls--show us that we are in greater need of mental health understanding than perhaps ever. I am so thankful for people like Adam who have gone about shedding some of the stigma away so that everyone can get the help they need when it's needed.
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