Why Words for Lindsay Exists

Sometimes the internet is very good at talking about people and very bad at talking to them.

Words for Lindsay was created to do something smaller and more human.

It gives people a place to write a message of compassion directly to Lindsay Clancy — particularly those who have experienced postpartum mental illness, psychiatric hospitalization, psychosis, severe depression, medication struggles, or other profound mental-health crises.

This project does not attempt to explain what happened, determine responsibility, influence legal proceedings, or diminish the unimaginable loss of Lindsay’s three children.

It simply recognizes that compassion does not require certainty.

Sometimes another human being just needs to know that someone is thinking of them.

Disclaimer

Words for Lindsay is an independent project and is not affiliated with Lindsay Clancy, her family, her attorneys, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, any healthcare provider, or any organization involved in the legal proceedings. Submission of a message does not guarantee that Lindsay Clancy will ever personally receive or read it.