Tag: suicide

• “I love you forever”

  I watch some tearjerker movies, and it always strikes me when there’s a climactic moment that “famous last words” are uttered, either by someone dying or about to leave, etc. Memorable phrases stay in our minds, like “here’s looking at you kid” or “you had me at hello”. I think about the last words I…

  Allie’s mom

  March 6, 2022

  mental health

  boyfriend, Catholic, compassion love, dating violence, death, faith, family violence, fear, God, hope, loss, love, mental health, mercy, pain, perseverance, politics, prevention, relationship violence, Religion, sadness, social media, strength, suicide, survivor of suicide, violence, young adult

• Rest In Peace

  In the last three years, I’ve learned how to laugh and sing again. I may sound loud and carefree, but I stop many times to feel my heart beating. I need to remind myself to Live. I’ve learned in the last three years that my tears will never dry. I may skip a day or…

  Allie’s mom

  January 19, 2022

  depression, faith, God, grief, hope, it’s ok not to be ok, loneliness, mental health, resilience, self care, support, survivor of suicide

  balance, Catholic, compassion love, death, depression, dreams, faith, God, loss, love, mental health, mercy, pain, patience, perseverance, recovery, relationship violence, Religion, sadness, self-image, strength, suicide, survivor of suicide, violence, young adult

• How to keep going…

  I have a dear friend who is basically buying time to keep living. Stage 4 cancer isn’t pretty, and I cannot imagine what pain they must feel physically and emotionally. I lost my father to colon cancer years ago. He was given 3 months once he was diagnosed, and he passed away exactly 3 months…

  Allie’s mom

  January 28, 2021

  faith, grief, loneliness, mental health, support, therapy

  God, perseverance, Religion, suicide, survivor of suicide