Tag: continuing-bonds
Resources on continuing bonds after suicide loss and ways survivors can stay connected to their loved one and find comfort in an enduring relationship.
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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It comes up in our support group. Maybe not in the first months, and sometimes not for years, but it comes up. Someone says, almost in a whisper,…
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What Healing After Suicide Loss Actually Looks Like A few weeks ago, a meme scrolled past me on Facebook. It asked a simple question: “Which is more important,…
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There is a moment, somewhere in the middle of a wedding reception, when the music is loud and the room is full of light and people are laughing…
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Today is John’s birthday. Today he is thirty-four. I know that because thirty-four years ago, he came into our lives and changed everything about who we were and…
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When the old year fades but the new one hasn’t truly begun The beginning of the new year always brings a strange tension to our suicide loss support…
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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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