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

Losing My Only Child to Suicide: My Forever Son Backstory

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.

• About My Forever Son
• Find Hope After Suicide Loss
  • Finding Hope, Healing, and Resilience in Nature
• 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
• Contact

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Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide