HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Life is a group of moments.
“Abbi was fiercely unbiased”, Abbi’s mom, Monica, stated.
“She was pushed; when she needed to do one thing, she did it”, Paul Agosta, her father, stated.
For Monica and Paul Agosta, these moments with their daughter Abigail are treasures without end.
“I feel Abbi is on my thoughts each minute of each day,” Monica stated. “I feel as a guardian, the opening that’s left whenever you lose a baby, you do not wish to fill it, after all.”
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Abbi was an AP scholar who cherished her canine, mountaineering, the ocean, and soccer.
“As a goalie, it is actually the one place in soccer that you’ve got worry, however she did not”, her father stated.
“She wasn’t afraid of the deep water, she wasn’t frightened of sharks, she wasn’t frightened of a lady kicking a ball 75 miles an hour proper at her face.”
She was recognized with obsessive-compulsive dysfunction on the age of 12.
“It manifested as an consuming dysfunction first, after which we acknowledged the underlying part was OCD”, her mom stated.
“There’s a loop within the mind that they’re discovering is hyperactive in OCD sufferers, so it retains going, and going and going, caught on this loop to the place they can not consider something however that.”
She knew her challenges and confronted them as finest she may, in line with her dad and mom.
They stated they tried conventional therapies and coverings, which did not work or weren’t out there. Abbi’s situation worsened into despair and ideas of self-harm over time, resulting in demise by suicide in March of final yr on the age of 16.
“For Abbi, it was from the minute she awoke until she went to mattress at evening, so she was exhausted”, her mother stated. “She would usually say, ‘Can I get a brand new mind?’ Her mind was damaged.”
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Paul and Monica are utilizing the game their daughter cherished to not solely honor her reminiscence however elevate consciousness of the psychological challenges younger folks face each day with Abbi’s Cup, a four-team pleasant event with not solely soccer, however psychological well being professionals available to coach and normalize the discussions about psychological diseases.
“She did not speak about it, and that is another excuse we’re doing this event for the attention”, Paul stated. “Yeah, it isn’t simple for us to speak about our daughter not being right here.”
Paul and Monica purpose to deliver Abbi’s Cup to a nationwide stage, serving to younger folks and oldsters focus on psychological sickness and the way to deal with the challenges they face.
The 2nd annual Abbi’s Cup will happen subsequent Saturday, August 9, beginning at 8 am on the South Campus fields situated at Stella Hyperlink and W. Bellfort.
At halftime, the groups will break into small teams the place sports activities psychologists lead group discussions on psychological well being.
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