Blog

Lydia Cress

September 9, 2025/in Tributes/by webguy

Submitted by: Ranee Wright
Born: 1996
Died: 2000
My Tribute: Lydia’s favorite quote was ” you’ve been given this life because you are strong enough to live it” Even thru her own struggle with addiction, she was a constant support to encourage others. Her heart was big and her spirit was generous. She lite up a room whenever she entered and you always walked away from being around her with a sense of ” I can do this!” After isolation of COVID and 18 months of sobriety, she died from overdose due to Fentanyl. I carry on my daughters legacy of caring and encouraging others thru the company I started 3 years ago in her honor, Animo Hat Company. A creative way to heal my own heart and extend healing to others.

Other Related Posts

madeofmillions.com
Webinar: Harm Reduction for Parents & TeachersMay 20, 2020 - 4:32 am
We’ve got a broken drug education system and we’ve yet to fix it. Decades of under-education and over-criminalization hasn’t made drug use and sales decline, nor has it made drug use any safer.
Excerpt: How I Stopped Blaming Myself for My Son’s Overdose DeathOctober 25, 2019 - 1:19 am
A son’s death and a mother’s love. This is the story of Josh Olt who overdosed on heroin and died at the age of 16. This is the story of the mother he left behind. It is not a story of “moving on,” or “getting over it.” For those of you who have lost someone you love to overdose, you know those things don’t happen. This is, instead, a story of disenfranchised grief, of self-blame, of what-ifs, of should-haves, and how to find a way to let go of that guilt.
Chapter Leader Questions Tim Ryan at CNN Town Hall DebateJune 21, 2019 - 8:06 am
A GRASP chapter leader, Karyn Kerrigan O’Miller, asks Presidential candidate, Tim Ryan, about supporting the pending bill to deregulate buprenorphine prescription to treat opioid addiction.

Translate »

Lydia Cress

Please Note:

GRASP Local Chapters

Site

In Association With