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Grief and Suicide

I can still remember the phone call from my best friend’s husband on that February evening in 2014. “She killed herself,” he said.  I laughed out of disbelief thinking it was a sick joke she was playing. After all, that was like her and she had been knee-deep in...

Victim Impact Statement

When the trial against the drunk driver who killed Marley was closing, we were given the opportunity to write our victim impact statement.  We were able to tell the judge the ways in which our lives had been shattered and torn.  I wrote mine amidst the...

Grief: This too shall change

What happens when your grief doesn’t match the grief of those in your circle?  What if the way you need support or offer support isn’t met?  Once again, you’re on your own.  Haven’t you always been on your own though?  I have been turning...

How to Support Someone Who is Grieving

I will let you be yourself. What does this really mean? When I wrote this for the Grief Supporters Manual I thought it was important because as grievers it takes an incredible amount of energy to be yourself, let alone the additional energy of being “not” yourself....

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