Hartley helps raise money personally, but she tries to avoid asking new survivors for donations. It is working with other survivors that of all her volunteer work is closest to Hartley's heart. I've talked to a lot of survivors whose grief seems infinite. But this grief can be transformed, she stresses. What I've come to see is that people love to see stories of transformation and I am one of those stories.
Survivors know other survivors' journeys.
We have enormous power in a wonderful way, in a transforming way. And Hartley started a memorial fund for her parents at AFSP named the Paul and Polly Hartley Fund. I've done a lot of work, and there are still days when I think my life has been worth nothing. And except for my children, it's been the greatest pride of my life. All rights reserved.