Like sunflowers turning toward the sunlight, this blog helps survivors of suicide loss find hope, healing, and the path toward life after loss.
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The first day back at work after losing someone to suicide can feel impossible. Your world has been shattered, yet spreadsheets and quarterly reports don’t stop accumulating. Client…
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Author’s Note: This reflection was originally shared as a personal Facebook post in April 2025, on the sixteenth anniversary of losing my son John to suicide. I’ve expanded it…
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When someone we love dies by suicide, the world stops making sense. The grief we carry is unlike any other, filled with questions that may never have answers…
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Losing someone you love to suicide is a heartbreak unlike any other. The questions that follow, the silence that lingers, and the emotions that shift daily can leave…
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When Grief Waits There’s no rulebook for grief, no matter how much the world around us might suggest otherwise. For those of us who have lost someone to…
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Understanding the Weight of New Year’s After Suicide Loss The transition from one year to the next carries a weight that most people don’t understand when you’re grieving…
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Healing is a journey of a thousand steps forward and numerous slides backwards. It is not linear, it comes in fits and starts, stumbles and gaps. It is…
5–7 minutes -
The question haunts many couples in the aftermath of losing a child to suicide: Will our marriage survive this? You may already feel the distance growing between you…
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The stack of Christmas cards sits unopened on your counter. Or you’ve been staring at blank cards for days, unable to write a word. Perhaps you’ve received cheerful…
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In the aftermath of losing someone precious to suicide, many of us become detectives of our own devastating loss, driven by an intense need to understand what happened…
8–11 minutes
