
About My Forever Son
Why I Started My Forever Son
On June 25, 2012, I lost my son to suicide.
A student at a prestigious Midwestern university, Dylan immersed himself in music, art, and digital design. His grades (which had been impeccable in high school) reflected the ongoing depression with which he had struggled since early childhood.
Dylan hid his sadness well—smiling and laughing with his family and friends, making silly faces and telling jokes to get others to laugh. Dylan thought deeply about things, and he cared deeply for his friends, oftentimes being there for others who were struggling while tucking away his own painful feelings.
Dylan is the reason I started My Forever Son. Writing is how I found my way through grief. I write personal narratives, poems, and songs about losing a child to suicide. You can read poems I write here: Find Hope Here: Poems of Love, Loss, and Losing a Child
Writing about grief, suicide, hope, healing, and child loss has been my way of clambering through the infinite despair and grief brought on by losing Dylan to suicide. You can find My Forever Son categories here: Categories: My Forever Son
Who Am I?
I am Beth Brown, Dylan’s Mom. When I started writing this blog (April 7, 2015), I had already been grieving for two years and 9 months. During those two years, 9 months, I read and researched as much as I could find about grief, suicide, child loss, losing an only child, and depression and mental health.
I am also a writer and teacher well-versed in adolescent literacy and teaching freshman composition. “I read, I write, I live,” wrote William Styron. Yes.
Why Follow My Blog?
Because love lost by a child’s suicide hurts. Forever. Especially when it’s your child. Parents who have lost a child to suicide, suicide loss survivors, those who have lost a family member or friend to suicide, and those seeking to understand the effects of suicide on those left behind come to my blog.
If you have experienced the heartbreak and devastation of losing a child to suicide, you will find resources, support, and hope here.
That we all might find peace.
- Find Hope After Suicide Loss
- Find Hope Here: Featuring Poems About Losing a Child
- Find Hope Here: Poems of Love, Loss, and Losing a Child
- Grief After Losing a Child
- Guilt After Losing a Child to Suicide
- Table of Contents: My Forever Son
- Welcome to My Forever Son
- What Happened?
- About My Forever Son
- Categories: My Forever Son
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FEATURED POSTS
Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide
Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide Download 3 Free Poems About Child Loss A Lullaby for My Son: As I Tuck You In Get the Book of Poems:
Read MoreBeat Still My Heart: A Poem About Losing My Son to Suicide
Beat Still My Heart: A Poem About Losing My Son to Suicide Beat Still My Heart Beat still my heart, Beat still my mind, Weary though thou art, Carry his love along with thine, Though heavy on thy shoulders Crost fields throughout all time. In the deepest dark of the bleakest night, If light there…
Read MoreBury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide
Bury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide Bury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide reflects a decade of finding my way back after losing my son to suicide. These 19 poems reflect the deep sorrow, grief, and confusion left behind after losing a child to suicide. Bury My Heart:…
Read MoreSongs for Child Loss
Songs for Child Loss ABOUT THIS POST: The content of the blog post is focused on sharing personal experiences and emotions related to losing a child to suicide. It includes heartfelt songs and their lyrics. The post also mentions a book of poems about losing a child to suicide that is available on Amazon Kindle.…
Read MoreI Will Seek Until I Find You-A Poem About Losing a Child
I Will Seek Until I Find You: A Poem About Losing a Child I Will Seek Until I Find You And where will you run when arms reach (but you’re not mine) When I can feel still so strongly (holding you still in my arms) From here frantic I search wildly (but cannot ever now…
Read MoreLiving in the Glare of My Son’s Suicide
Living in the Glare of My Son’s Suicide His narrative just started. Only a few chapters in. A promising start. Having left so much unsaid, unwritten. His chasm, your darkness. His absence, dark ache your heart. Beth Brown, Living in the Glare of My Son’s Suicide Listen to Your Narrative It isn’t wrong, this narrative…
Read MorePoems About Losing a Child to Suicide
