Our Logo
T
he sunflower was chosen because of all it represents and all it does during its time here. It has been a symbol of loyalty for centuries and is often known as the “happy” flower. It always seeks the light. Hence, it grows to be as tall as it can to get closer to the sun. What is often not known about the sunflower, is what it does in the darkness. When there is no sun, sunflowers lean into one another to share their energy until the sun rises again. As survivors of suicide loss, there are dark days. We, like sunflowers, need to lean into one another until the light shines again. When it does, and it will, we need to stand tall, chin up, and turn our face toward the sun. The sunflower represents everything we seek to be as survivors.
Our specific sunflower logo was designed by artist Sarah Wohlgamuth. Around the center of our sunflower logo, you will notice semicolons. Project Semicolon is a mental health advocacy group focusing on education and anti-suicide efforts. “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” according to Project Semicolon and its efforts. The center of our logo is a script LAL, which we are often referred to by those within our community. The logo takes a beautiful symbol of light and makes it our own symbol for loss survivors who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.