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I recently marked the fifteenth anniversary of my husband’s death. Fifteen years ago, I felt as if I had been violently cast into deep water, caught in a riptide. One minute I was swimming along. The seas weren’t calm, but I could manage the ebb and flow. Then suddenly, I was being pulled out with […]

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Editor’s Note: Originally written in July 2009, this letter by Father Charles Rubey offers timeless wisdom about grief and community support that continues to provide solace in uncertain times. July 4th is a major American holiday. I always feel sorry for household animals because they are so frightened by the explosions of the fireworks. They […]

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I went to see my therapist recently. When she asked me how I was doing, I told her that I felt like I was backsliding and depressed. She asked me what had been going on, and I listed a bunch of recent challenges that I have been dealing with. Her response was that she would […]

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I’m at an odd in-between. I don’t quite feel at home in my new life. It still feels like new shoes not quite broken in. But the longer I tread this journey, the more it becomes a little more comfortable. Yet at the same time, if my husband were to reappear, he wouldn’t fit neatly […]

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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 often very difficult for a suicide loss survivor to see that they are making progress on their journey of healing following the suicide loss.  You are not […]

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