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Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide

Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide ABOUT THIS POST: Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide is a collection of poems I’ve written about losing a child to suicide. I lost my 20-year-old son, my only child, to suicide June 25, 2012. Suicide changes everything. Reflecting on Grief…

by Beth Brown

Help, Hope, Healing After Suicide Loss: Support, Books, Resources

Help, Hope, Healing After Suicide Loss: Support, Books, Resources Where to Find Support Need Help Now? Key Suicide Support Resources If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. (Or 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find a list of additional resources at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources Books for Grieving a Suicide Loss Additional…

by Beth Brown

Matins: Reflections on Hope After Loss

Matins: Reflections on Hope After Loss Reflections on Hope After Loss Matins (by John O’Donohue) Morning Prayer 1 Somewhere, out at the edges, the night is turning and the waves of darkness Begin to brighten on the shore of dawn. The heavy dark falls back to earth And the freed air goes wild with light,…

by Beth Brown

Travel On My Brave Soldier-A Poem of Hope

Travel On My Brave Soldier-A Poem of Hope Travel On Travel on my brave soldier Travel on wild one Take heart winged warrior Unencumbered take great strides. Ride dragon’s wings forever Stay free here evermore Follow infinity to the heavens Travel on to safer shores. ©Beth Brown, 2022 Travel On (My Brave Soldier) Related Posts…

by Beth Brown

A Glimpse of Hope in Grief

A Glimpse of Hope in Grief All death unsettles us, but suicide… brings with it an ache, a chaos, a darkness, and a stigma that has to be experienced to be believed. Ronald Rolheiser, “Understanding Suicide” On the Wings of Hope Some days, I lift my hands, my arms high, offering my child up to…

by Beth Brown

Hold Onto Hope-Grief Comes to Stay

When you lose your child, there is nothingness, the descent into the abyss of losing not just your child, but also yourself Beth, Dylan’s Mom, My Forever Son Grief is Unfinished Others can come alongside us for awhile, but our journey into the deep, dark night must be our own. Here, we rally against the darkness, awaken our soul’s…

by Beth Brown

The Shape of My Grief at 3 Years: Hope and Healing

The Shape of My Grief at 3 Years: Hope and Healing 3 Years, 3 Months, 3 Days My son, Dylan, was just barely 20 years old when he took his life, and I have all of those same unanswered questions rattling around inside me, all of me, even though it’s now been 3 years, 3…

by Beth Brown

Finding Hope, Healing, and Resilience in Nature

Healing the deep wound of losing my son is ongoing in my life. I find color, hope, and peace in nature. Spring brings the reawakening of all the flowers, shrubs, and trees that lay dormant over the long, cold, bitter months of winter. Each year, purple and yellow crocus emerge from their winter’s sleep, then…

by Beth Brown