When Suicide Strikes
As a grief coach, I receive phone calls from people with heartsick voices explaining the trauma of living after loved ones take their own lives. Families struggle with the assurance of seeing their loved ones again. I could never begin to come close to their broken hearts if I carried judgment about suicide. Condemnation never brings anyone comfort, hope, or healing.
Christmas ~ A Good Time to Grieve
On the one hand, Christmas is about trees and lights, food and shopping, gifts and secrets, concerts and parties, and jingling bells with loud “Happy Holidays” greetings. As mourners, many of us find ourselves among the poorest of the poor as if characters from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
