by Catherine Greenleaf Losing someone we love to suicide can be devastating. The combination of sudden loss, shame, and stigma can make the process of grief look like a long and lonely road. But there are things we can do for ourselves that will develop and increase our resilience, and make that road a little …
In Memory of My Daughter, Kaitlyn Nicole Elkins (child suicide)
by Rhonda Sellers Elkins On April 11, 2013, I got the most dreaded call that any parent could ever get. A call from the police in the town where my 23-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn was starting her third year of medical school at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He said he had to talk with me …
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Magical Thinking Does It Make Sense? (adult child suicide)
by Madeline Sharples Magical thinking is an ancient idea that if a person hopes for something enough or performs the right actions, an event can be averted or turned around. Though this kind of thinking made no sense to me, I couldn’t stop doing it in the first months and years after my son’s suicide …
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