Most people wait for certainty before they act. By then, the window has often closed. This piece is about the small, consistent acts of connection that keep people safe — and what parents can do when something feels slightly off before it becomes something they can't ignore.

Five years ago Chris Coulter wrote about turning grief into purpose after losing his daughter Maddie to suicide. This is the follow-up — what purpose actually built, what grief taught him that purpose couldn't, and why he was never meant to go back to who he was before.