Tag: suicide
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Suicide transfers your suffering to those who love you
It’s been one year since I learned of my oldest child’s suicide.
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Comparing and contrasting grief
I reflect on how I experienced grief with several losses over the last 10 years.
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御縁
My daughter would have been 37 today.
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Six months on
It’s been six months since we lost Rana.
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The fog lifts
Thoughts on ongoing grief.
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Recommended reading / Weekend update
Recommended reading and weekend update for 19 February 2022.
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Recommended reading
Recommended reading for 5 Feb 2022.
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Weekend update
I was sad that more people didn’t come to Rana’s memorial service, which was last Saturday. I know she touched far more lives than those who attended. I was pleased that my brother came, and my old friend Michael and his wife. I was blown away that the woman who runs HR at my company…
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Weekend update
I don’t have too many photographs of me with Rana. Maybe there are more in the family photos my ex has. At the time of our divorce she wouldn’t let me make scans of them, and I’ve never asked again. Then we divorced and I didn’t see Rana for a couple years. Then we rebuilt…
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Weekend update
It took a few days for the shock of Rana’s death to pass. Then I was very tired for a few more days — I slept 9 or 10 hours a night and needed a nap every afternoon. That’s passed, and now I’m spending my time finding things to do that take my mind off…
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Long ago photos from a box camera as I grieve the loss of our daughter
1993 photos of my daughter, who recently died.
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Thank you for your good, kind words
I want to thank you for sharing your condolences yesterday when I shared the news about the loss of our daughter. They were a balm. When this hurts a lot, I can go back and look at your good words and be comforted. Here’s a photo of Rana with my brother Rick. She had just…