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We were fortunate enough to have

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Lieutenant Commander how Nancy Doci ,

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BR MC . And so we opened up with that

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and then the rock painting and the

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stories of Hope Wall , they have been

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going on for over a month now . So in

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the past , it's always just been a one

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day affair . But this time , we

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expanded it to give people many people

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as we could get an opportunity to

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really , you know , kind of just think

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about suicide prevention , think about

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the losses they've experienced maybe

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difficult times in their own life . We

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wanted to open this up to everyone at

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Walter Reed , whether you're staff ,

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whether you're trainee , whether you're

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patient , you know , better . I mean ,

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everyone , you know , the rocks

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represent , carrying a burden and when

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you , when you pick up a rock from the

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table and you leave it anywhere in the

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rose garden here , you're leaving a

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burden you're carrying , you're

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allowing yourself to let that go and

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leave it behind . And I think that was

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really meaningful . And then just a

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labyrinth wall allows you to have a lot

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of reflection in a really calm setting

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in a beautiful setting with a rose

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garden . Right . Every time someone

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does something that is positive and

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they're able to contemplate life

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outside of suicide or they're able to

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process maybe their grief and loss over

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someone they have lost to suicide . It

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just , it makes me know that , you know ,

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there is so much hope in the world and

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there's so much everyone has so much

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worth and , you know , if we could just

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help one person or leave one burden

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behind . And I think it's a wonderful

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story . It's hope .