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I give workshops about anticipatory grief and creating a happy life after loss. Last evening I gave caregiving workshop about compassion fatigue. My workshops always include participation activities. Last evening I asked attendees to think of some happy events in their lives. I passed out sticky notes and asked people to jot down a happy experience.

There is no thought I have without you

Since you have Grown your Angel Wings

I feel your spirit all round me

A light in my soul your love brings

For you I keep within my heart

The memories you have left behind

Your life has blessed my path with love

Our Souls are one, they’re intertwined

I see the signs you send from Heaven

 In the backs of our minds, most of us realize that the unthinkable can happen. For me, that was the loss of her son Charlie, 23, who died of pneumonia.

“Being a parent isn’t an easy job – not just because it’s a 24/7, lifelong commitment, but also because we cannot bear to see our children hurt,” what’s even worst is saying goodbye to your child. I did so with my son Charlie, 23, to pneumonia in 2009.

As you spend your time looking down at the ground you will find that the world does not cease to pass you by.  As you spend your time looking at the ground you will feel alone.  I know it hurts to loose a loved one.  I know the pain you feel as I have felt it.  I also know how much beauty exists in this world that surrounds us.  I know that the reason that we are here o

After 15 years of advocacy and work in peer support and training as a survivor of suicide loss, I am pleased to announce that I -- and a dozen of my colleagues on a blue-ribbon task force* -- have completed a historic document, Responding to Grief, Trauma, and Distress After a Suicide: U.S.

I’m watching you from Heaven

And I see you’re crying tears

You know a smile is all I ask of you

Please remember all my years

I’m watching you from heaven

From a place of pure sweet love

There is no reason to forgive you

There is no sorrow up above

I’m watching you from Heaven

Please let go of guilt and pain

Dear God,

My life is upside down; the order of the world seems out of place and I am trying desperately to right it again. Oh, Lord, You know the pain in my heart at all times, and You know why. My child now spends his birthdays, Thanksgivings, Christmases and Easters in Your arms.  But now it's approaching another Mother's Day without him, and I need your help here.