MENTAL HEALTH A little book of poems
Language: English - 105 pages
€13.97
Synopsis
A Flower Has 16 Petals
A flower it had 16 petals
The wind carried you all away
Never did we ever expect
You wouldn't be here to stay
One petal is Victoria Clydesdale
5 years with you was not long
On 13th March 1996
It all went so horribly wrong
One petal is Emma Crozier
Your parents was over the moon
Little did we know
The petal would blow away soon
One petal was Melissa Currie
Your parents filled with joyful tears
Little did we know
They would miss your important years
One petal was Charlotte Dunn
A little girl with a loved filled heart
The love would last forever
Even though we're far apart
One petal was Kevin Hasell
Who didn't understand
The loss of your presence here
So we wrote your name deep in the sand
About Caroline Elwood-Stokes
Caroline Elwood-Stokes, former player of Sheffield Wednesday Ladies. Kilnhurst, Sheffield United Ladies and published author is the founder of FOOTBALLS AWARENESS of MENTAL HEALTH (FAMH), an Organisation providing support and awareness to players, coaches and managers suffering with – or have suffered with – mental health issues.
“As an ex footballer myself, I lost my career abruptly 23 years ago,” said Elwood-Stokes. “I was not able to face football, I couldn’t even bear to hear the word and I went into a massive spiral of depression, so severely that I was self harming, taking over doses and planning my own death. Basically, if I couldn’t play football I wanted to be dead. After years of taking anti depressants and having many sessions of bereavement counselling to get over the loss of my career, I have finally returned to the game.”
Product specifications
| Binding | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | Thursday, 20 October 2022 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pagecount | 105 |
| Interior color | Black/white |
| Size | 148 x 210 mm |
| Author | Caroline Elwood-Stokes |
| Category | Health > Other health |