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Tag Archives: suicide
I hope you had the time of your life
I remember distinctly the first time I heard this song. I was watching a documentary on BBC2 about a family who had a son who was autistic. He got so distressed by eveyday life, they had moved to some remote … Continue reading
Posted in bereavement, Grief, Healing, Loss, parents, suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged bereavement, Funeral, Grief, Loss, suicide
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Grief doesn’t get any better than this.
What if it doesn’t get any better than this? I asked myself this question today and I was surprised that the answer I found was ‘That’s OK’. I am OK with that, in fact better than OK. Mind you at … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, Grief, Healing, Loss, suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged bereavement, Healing, Loss, recovery, suicide
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I don’t want this to be the way my story ends….
Hundreds, maybe even thousands of times, since I lost Toby I have pondered my desire to carry on living. I still don’t know how I have carried on, because if you had asked me 2 years ago how I would … Continue reading
Posted in bereavement, Grief, Healing, Loss, parents, suicide
Tagged Grief, Loss, suicide
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How will I carry on?
I have written before about comparing intense grief to having a disability like losing a limb. Of course we would have rather we had lost a limb than our child, but the point I’m making is that we have to … Continue reading
Reinforcement in the Aftermath of suicide
Reinforcement in the Aftermath of Suicide LaRita Archibald RESPONSIBILITY: Putting it into perspective. I have a responsibility TO those I love… to be loving, patient, considerate and kind, to be loyal, respectful and honest, to be appreciative, encouraging and comforting, … Continue reading
Posted in bereavement, Grief, guilt, Healing, Loss, suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged forgiveness, Healing, suicide
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Guilt – part 2
Guilt is an emotion that comes up again and again from parents, and reading the comments in my support group prompted me to publish this excerpt from the book ‘A Handbook for Survivors of Suicide’ by Jeffrey Jacskon who lost his wife. … Continue reading
Posted in bereavement, Grief, guilt, Healing, Loss, parents, suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged bereavement, Grief, Healing, loss of a child to suicide, parents, recovery, suicide
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Guilt
This is a tough one. I only have my own experience of grief and I know that everyone’s experience is not the same. But guilt is an evil friend that pops in to torment you every now and again. After … Continue reading
Are you waiting for your dream to come true?
Be careful about pinning all your hopes on a dream coming true. I started to think about this recently when I read about the 12 bus drivers who had all won millions of pounds on the lottery. It was in … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, Grief, Healing, Loss, Uncategorized
Tagged death. love, gratitude, Healing, Loss, suicide
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