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Well its been 96 days now since mike my brother died. I have been in shock all over again for a week now.  the emotions are so hard to keep up with.  feel like im lost and like life is just meaningless. I have a beautiful 6 year old son and i love him more than words can ever say.  I know i have to get it together, but it is so hard to even want too at this point. Every day i just think about my brother and why this happened.  Life just seems to be so cruel. I cant take time off work and i…

Having never done anything like this before (in so many areas of my life now ) I don't quite know how to go about connecting with others who feel the unstopping pain that I do right now and have for the past eleven months.

My grandson, Christopher, was 11 yrs. old when he drowned this past June 3, 2011.  He was on summer vacation from school for three hours when this happened.  There was a pool party to celebrate the end of school that morning and he went.  Chris knew how to swim, so…

I haven't found much solace in religion, although I've looked.  But I have found a bit of comfort in quantum physics, of all places.  Under some variants of the many-worlds theory, there's a whole set of worlds where you and I are still together, and your cancer never returned, or returned in a fully treatable form.  So, even though I can't be with you, somewhere and "somewhen" else there's a version of me and a version of you living out the rest of our days in blissful harmony.  I just wish…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN ON YOUR 25TH YEAR.

 WE MISS YOU SO MUCH AND STILL CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT HERE EVEN AFTER 3 PLUS YEARS. WE STILL WILL ASK WHY WHY WHY? AND NEVER GET AN ANSWER UNTIL MAYBE WHEN WE JOIN YOU AND THEN IT WON'T MATTER ANYMORE. 

THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE FOR ME TO SAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID. WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND MISS YOU SO KEEP ON SHINING DOWN AND WATCH OVER THE LIL ONES.

I HOPE YOUR FRIENDS ARE THE ONES ON THIS SITE THAT HAVE LEFT…

When something happens to you, where do they start?

On a sunny spring morning, my husband and I relaxed on a train crossing France, enjoying the scenery, our books, and cappuccinos. After 10 days of vacation, we were still, serene, and looking forward to time with family.

At the same time, at our route’s end, my daughter was increasingly concerned about our whereabouts and arrival. To my (later) chagrin, I had forgotten to forward our itinerary…

Sorry I have not been back until now. After my last post I suffered a pretty sever breakdown. My wife Carol thought that she was going to have to bury me along with Leah. Leah's death that horrible day in April 2011 really ripped my sense of security to shreds. Then having all the holidays come up that Leah loved; Halloween, Christmas, New Years, that was almost to much to handle. Only because I am so much like Leah or she was so much like me.

Carol and I knew that mental illness ran on…

Hi, I am Tegan's Mum (Bernadine or Pepe to my friends). My daughter Tegan took her life on the 10th of May 2011. And my life has been affected in every possible way. Even though it is 12 months ago, time has stood still for me. People have said to me, it will get better in time but time means nothing. Time, all it means to me is it has been 12 months since I seen her, touched her or spoke or kissed her. It reminds me of the time I haven't seen her, not how it is 12 months now and I should be…

Well, Amy, here I am again, going thru another Mothers' day without you here. I miss your cards that you would pick out for me after reading a hundred of them. Your phone call, your face with that smile that lights up a room and makes others smile when they see you.

Dad is having a hard time lately and some days he scares me. He doesnt want to go on at times with all the crap going on but you not being here is the worst.

We still dont understand how or why you are not here.…

Well, I am alone as always. My sister, my BFF, passed away suddenly on New Year's Eve 2011. I am so sick of being defined by that awful day. I just want her back. I am angry for all of the things that should have been that are now not meant to be. Does anyone else feel this way?

This is a blog I recently made about a video I uploaded on the death day anniversary of someone I knew for only a very short time, but cared about so much.

Video and blog text belong together, so I would be happy if you'd check out both of them, being called "Don't".

I lost my oldest child and only son on January 30th.  Just over 3 short months ago.  This weekend I will face my first Mother's Day without either my son and my mom has been gone for some time now.  I feel so utterly alone!  I feel as if the rest of the world has moved on, forgotten about him and forgotten my pain.    When I express my pain I'm told that  I have to be strong because I still have a beautiful daughter and husband who need me.   This just makes me feel worse!  Now I feel guilty…

This
Mother's Day weekend, we will be remembering those who are missing their mothers and grandmothers, and all the bereaved mums missing their children.

Find community and support on LegacyConnect, as well as helpful advice and thoughtful reflections from Legacy.com's…

Journalists are great carriers and receivers of information – particularly when it comes to news about each other. We tend to stick together. Facebook has made that even easier to trade information, tidbits, blog postings and personal news whether happy or sad.

Last fall, one of my former colleagues at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution died – a single mom leaving a 10-year-old…

As Mother’s Day approaches, there are lots of children, mothers, sisters, spouses who are missing a woman who meant everything to them. Everything. In many cases, their obituaries probably did not reflect enough about them – their core being – to really illustrate the impact of their lives or the voids they left.

Unfortunately, as the cycle of life proves over and over, there are…

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Hi,

I lost my oldest son, Tim, age 18 at the time, to suicide 4 years ago. I live in Southern Monmouth County in NJ where we have suffered a contagion of teen/young adult suicides, which unfortunately, started with Tim. I am grateful that my family consisting of myself, my husband and my two younger sons, currently ages 21 and 18, are doing well. I am active in my community and I'm almost done writing a book.

My book - "Without Tim: A Son's Fall to Suicide, A Mom's Rise from…

I was so happy to have moved on and discovered my life really wasn't over. I found a wonderful new man when I moved to the Upstate and we got married 3 weeks ago. We took a trip to Texas to meet a couple of his children from a previous marriage and it was so nice. They accepted me and seem glad I am making their father happy. Life does move forward and though I know its a difficult transition, I hope you will all come to realize you can be happy somewhere down your roads too. Love and hugs…

It’s hard not to think about my mom on Mother’s Day but this year, it would be impossible. Not only is it the day of the year that we honor our mothers but this year, Mother’s Day falls on my birthday, so it’s the day my mother gave birth to me.

So how am I remembering my mom? Lately, I’ve been thinking about her wisdom. How wise she was and what wonderful advice she gave. When I had a problem, she listened. In my younger days, she had a habit of telling me what to…