“A semicolon is used when an author could’ve chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life.”

There is always a story behind a tattoo. Especially for Project Semicolon. Project Semicolon, which described itself as "a faith-based non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction and self-injury" is becoming a true conversation started against mental health.

Amy Bleuel started this amazing movement when her father died from taking his own life due to depression in 2003. She told Mashable "The purpose of the project and me founding it [was that] I wanted to tell my dad's story. I wanted to honor him."

Since 2013, many people have shown their support upon the Internet by posting pictures of their temporary tattoos while others actually get this meaningful punctuation mark tattooed on their skin. Putting this on one’s skin is a conversation starter. It's a way to make people aware of mental illnesses. The more we talk about it, the more people will ask for help and get treatment that will hopefully lead to recovery.

I am forever grateful to Amy BIeuel for starting this conversation that most of us are afraid to speak about. I had the semicolon tattooed on my wrist the day after I tried to commit suicide. Obviously, I didn't do such a good job due to the fact that I'm currently writing this article. This is a reminder of everything I have been through since November of last year. This tattoo is so small but has so much meaning. It gives me hope that I can overcome anything I am going through. I often have to remind myself that when I fall down I have to be strong enough to pick myself up and keep going. Life is worth living and my journey is nowhere near being over.

By posting pictures of this beautiful punctuation mark on one’s skin encourages many people that have a mental illness to speak up. It reminds them that they are not alone in this fight.

An unknown person once said -

Never regret a day in your life:

Good days give happiness. Bad days give experiences. Worst days give lessons. And best days give memories.