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Survivors of Suicide Loss Day

Today is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. I am sending virtual hugs to all those who have lossed loved ones to suicide. My heart has been very heavy the past few months, which is why it was hard for me to particiate in the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and American Foundation for… Continue reading Survivors of Suicide Loss Day

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Let’s Talk About Suicide

The pain and outrage in my father’s voice was something I had never heard before, he choked up the words to tell me my uncle Peter was gone. He had died by suicide.  This was August 2009.  Within a six month time-frame I experienced the loss of three family members, all men. One to gun… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Suicide