I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU I made this for my daughter...it's pictures of her and Andy over the years.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIENDS This one is for…

Well it's been 6 months and 1 day now since my Andy took his last breath in this world.  It's still incredibly hard.  There's rarely a day that goes by that I don't WANT to give up and be with him.

We are also still battling the life insurance company, even lawyers...the one we *thought was handling everything I guess decided he was too busy but was even too busy to let us know until my husband finally just went to his office.  Nice huh?  Espcially since much of this is time…

I just came back from the grocery store. It was hard to shop when I knew I did not need to buy Lucky Charms or Hot Pockets, no frozen pizza or corn dogs. I didn't have to call home 3 times to ask, "what kind of pop do you want?", "Do you need deodorant?" or  "anything else you can think of ?". My phone didn't ring with Dylan asking if I could buy him some Axe body spray, or some face wash...it was a quiet trip to the store. I didn't cry, I have been trying very hard to keep that from…

It has been one month since my buddy, my partner in crime, my beautiful son has been gone from my life. My body aches, my heart is shattered and still I ask why. My son was not suicidal, his Father committed suicide when Dylan was 7 years old, he was adamant about the fact that it was a selfish and cowardly thing to do. We talked in length about it. He spoke to his closest friend and his wonderfully understanding girlfriend about it, he had a tattoo on his arm that read, "Gra Beatha" it…

Revelation 21:4 says " And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore the former things have passed away.

Hello my Beautiful Boy

Today marks 2 years that I received a call no mother ever wants to hear. I remember the time, the place, the disbelief, the agony, and the Hearing of my Heart break…….Everything is now measured by “Before I lost Brett” and “After I lost Brett” You cross my mind so many times a day. Memories; even small things like being in a store and thinking how much you would have liked something or hearing the laughter of your son sounding so much like you; He has your sense of…

My goal when I decided to write my first book, Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling, was to bring other sibling survivors of suicide together. I knew my siblings and I weren’t the only ones who belonged to this “group” but in those pre-Internet browsing days, I also didn’t have access to others.

On Saturday night, July 21, I had the honor, and I do mean this was an honor, to speak at The Compassionate Friends Conference…

This is a very encouraging scipture to meditate on when we are feeling overwhelmed by the loss of someone we love dearly.

(Psalm

46:1) God is for us a refuge and strength, A help that is readily to be found during distresses.

Rely on God for strength and comfort especially when we feel like we can't take it anymore. Grief can be so overwhelming and draining.…

On 10/24/2009 I lost my sister - she died of a heart attack.  It wasn't like we didn't know this would happen.  She had her first attack 13 years earlier.  I just didn't expect it to happen when it did.  I was suppose to come down to SC so we could "trick or treat", but I was sick and didn't feel up to the trip.  Instead we received a call from the coroner!  To make matters worse when my Mom and I were heading to the airport, I hit a deer!  Very unexpectedly on 7/24/2011 my brother was…

Well its been 5.5 months and this past week i cannot seem to find a way out of my pain.  I had a realization that my brother is not coming back. EVER,. I then started to think that if his soul reincarnates then he is gone from me forever and it makes me insane.  My heart is so broken. I miss him so much.  Loggin on here and seeing the pain is the only place that feels like im truly not alone in agony.  I know he is free and not suffering, but i am now.  Still wondering what the meaning of…

  My family lives in Nebraska, I live in Las Vegas.  I have always had a distant relationship with my father due to me leaving home when I did.  Today is the 2 year anniversary of my sister's death.  I have tried numerous attempts of reaching out to them and never would get that back.   I posted on Facebook my page.  When I did I looked up my sisters to reconnect with them.  They proceeded to tell me my sister had passed and did'nt know why I was not there.  Well I live in Nevada 1st of all,…

Nora Ephron once said she wanted everyone at her funeral to be “a basket case.” And they were. From family members to famous celebrities – 800 invited guests, including her ex-husband, Carl Bernstein. But that doesn’t mean humor and heartfelt tributes were absent in the New York good-bye to the journalist-author-screenwriter-producer-director-cook. According to news accounts,…

Roughly one month ago, my older sister committed suicide.  She was my best friend and confidant in our adult lives, and lovingly maternal caretaker when we were young.  Young (30s), brilliant and beautiful, she had so much life yet to live.  We were both emotionally and physically abused by our parents; one is a mentally ill addict and the other, a physically disabled enabler.  It was through sharing this traumatic childhood that our bond was indestructible.  Few people can relate to such a…

On June 24, I received a text message from my wife: "Problem with Gabe. Come home." When I reached home a few minutes later, my worst nightmare became a horrible reality. Gabe had jumped from the balcony of his apartment on the 59th floor of Marina City. Our beautiful, loving son was…

Q. One of my business partners just died, and I’d like to run an In Memoriam ad in the newspaper and an industry trade magazine. What is a suitable In Memoriam message? I’ve never written one before.



Few of us have. Yet there are occasions in business or professional life when an In Memoriam ad or notice is appropriate to acknowledge the death of a principal, employee, colleague, customer or client, supplier or consultant and honor his/her memory in…

My journey or  “second life” began on  June 11, 2012 at 8:45PM — the moment I’ve realized that I’ve lost Derek — my best friend, true love and soul mate suddenly and unexpectedly.

How would I have described my life if I had met you prior to 8:45PM that evening? I would have said that I was a seasoned marketer,…

We live in a multicultural age where many of us have family members from different faiths and nationalities. And yet when someone in our social circle or community dies and they’re from a different culture or faith, we often seem at a loss for what’s appropriate to do. If we ignore the religious and cultural rituals of the bereaved, we run the risk that our thoughtful gesture may cause confusion rather than solace.

For example, a friend was perplexed after his…

my friend passed away in 08 i didnt find out till 6 months later i found his obituary in the paper hes from new jersey im from ohio but i cant figure out if he was buried or creamated how would i find out?

My Husband, Michael S. Peltier