Welcome to Purple Introspections
We are Francie and Tony. Purple Introspections is a tender reflection of our living journey, as blindsided parents of an amazing son lost to suicide at age 23. We hope sharing our stories will open your mind to meaningful discoveries, inspire those who are suffering with us, and most importantly, save a life.
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Awe.
The past few weeks have been rough for me for a lot of reasons. Work demands, travel stress, physical issues all hit me at once but the heaviest challenge is grappling with reliving the realizations of our time at this moment a year ago. Alexander has been very...
The Perfect Wine From The Perfect Boy
Whenever the three of us gather, Hubby, TJ, and me, Alexander finds a way to let us know he’s there too. Sometimes it’s smacking us in the moment and others a slow reveal, like a mystery you didn’t know you were solving. TJ drove down from DC to Cary for a...
The Movie Bull Durham’s Message
“The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with self-awareness. -Annie Savoy, Bull Durham, the movie ERRRCH. This quote from the movie Bull Durham stopped me in my tracks. I was listening to the book, “Church of Baseball,” a story of how the film came to be...
Gift for Mom
It started with the song "Your My First, My Last, My Everything." It was the culmination of a move across the country from San Diego to Nashville, mom and son. His new apartment's restaurant, The Goat, had a gender-neutral wash room where guys and girls used the...
The Chosen One
Francie did not want a cat. She’s ambivalent about pets and didn’t grow up with them. But our eldest son knew better and gifted us an SPCA adoption fee and a kitty carrier for Christmas. And that’s why Reggie the kitten happened into our lives in February. So why...
The Beast of Burden
I bet she doesn’t have a care in the world with a high-paying job. I wish I didn’t worry. He’s so happy with so many friends, wow. I want to be him. I wish I had friends. So many people are smarter than me. I’ll never be successful. I won’t stick around the party;...
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