by hewholaughs.org | Sep 7, 2022 | Grief, Suicide
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I have written these words several times over and each time I sit down to write it feels surreal. Maybe if I try hard enough I can wake from this nightmare. I would wake to find Isaac walking through our...
by hewholaughs.org | Jul 13, 2022 | Mental Wellness, Suicide
Talk Saves Lives is a program offered by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The program addresses the scope of the current suicide problem, including an interactive discussion on how we (the community) are really handling and/or processing mental...
by hewholaughs.org | Apr 13, 2022 | Grief, Suicide
Did you know that before I belonged to this suicide club, I thought I was normal. I mean, I could be normal, right? Perhaps. Or maybe I became more human when I started to hold my grief and trauma without wearing rose colored glasses, then maybe it was in that...
by hewholaughs.org | Mar 24, 2022 | Grief, Suicide
Emotional characteristics of grief vary person to person. You might even notice I opted for the word “characteristics of grief” instead of saying symptoms of grief. My choice of words is very intentional. When you hear the word...
by hewholaughs.org | Feb 28, 2022 | Suicide
Suicide devastated our world on the morning of September 23, 2019. It was the morning our family was forever changed when Isaac took his life. Suicide kicked in the front door of our home and made itself right at home without warning. Without consent or any...
