Grief after a suicide has a great deal in common with grief after any death, regardless of how the person dies, but suicide bereavement is also unique.
Firstly a little bit about me and my story although I so wish this story was that of fiction but, unfortunately it’s not.
Life at Saddleback Church rarely slows down for Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay.
A few days ago I received a text from a woman I was on friendly terms with back in Vermont. She is a more than just an acquaintance but not quite in my inner circle. We all have people like that in our lives. They fill the spaces between family and close friends and make up the majority of the patch work that is our own personal community. If it weren’t for
In November, it will be 35 years since my father died by suicide. He is still with me as much as he ever was, and paradoxically, he is also more absent than ever. My emotional relationship with him has changed and evolved more during the time since he died than it did when he was alive, and I daresay that I understand him better than I understand any other human being I have ever known.
It started last Sunday. I went to my brother-in-laws for a BBQ. It went well but I still felt alone. I kept waiting to hear Ray's voice, his laughter and feel his arm around me. I went home. As I was going through my emails, I heard a knock. Molly started barking. I checked the door, no one was there. I sat down and started looking through Faceboo
#10 I didn't care what anyone thought about how I grieved:
Grief made me go crazy for a while. I was selfish and self-centered. Thankfully, my family and friends supported me through and took care of my children until I came to my senses.
#9 I prayed:
I know everyone does not grieve the same of course, but the minute Keith's death happened I had a neighbor tell me "don't ever let yourself get to that dark place you can't get out of" For some reason,that stayed with me and I was so taken with those words and the horror of my loss,that I ran for 7 years ,keeping myself so very busy that if I let myself actually process the real thought that Ke
