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A Son’s Suicide: The Last Person on Earth by Melissa Fay Greene He was a marvelous, graceful boy. We, his lucky family from the moment he arrived at age 10 from Ethiopia, weren’t the only ones to think so. A wide swath of local boyhood fell in love with him, too, migrating to our house, […]
Continue Reading[Editor: About The Turning Point: this post was a response to an earlier post about death by suicide. We thought the poem would be a great addition to our weekly Inspirational Quotes. Rosemarie Wilder asked the following: “…and please mention New Hope for Kids. This organization helps children in grief and grants wishes to children […]
Continue ReadingSo Long Marianne Leonard Cohen penned a poignant final letter to his dying muse Marianne Ihlen, a longtime friend of hers revealed on Canadian radio. Ihlen, whom Cohen wrote about in So Long, Marianne and Bird on a Wire, died in Norway on 29 July 2016, aged 81. Cohen passed a almost three months later. Cohen met her […]
Continue ReadingThis was written in response to an Ask Dr. Neimeyer Q&A about suicidal thinking. Here is a link to the original post: Suicide thinking: I want to be dead Andrea, I read your letter with tears, because I relate so well to it. My Ken died from cancer 20 months ago, and, like you, […]
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago we published a Ask Dr. Neimeyer Q&A about a son’s suicide. It provoked many comments. As this week’s Inspirational, we want to share one of them with you. The Q&A can be found at this link: A MOTHER’S QUESTION Here is the comment by Bernice Singh: Not Enough!!!!! This is the […]
Continue ReadingA few weeks ago we published a Ask Dr. Neimeyer Q&A about a son’s suicide. It provoked many comments. As this week’s Inspirational, we want to share one of them with you. The Q&A can be found at this link: A MOTHER”S QUESTION Here is the comment by Susan Jones: My son died at age […]
Continue Reading[Editor: This was a comment on an Ask Dr. Neimeyer post answering a question from a mother, Nancy, whose son committed suicide. We thought Lisa’s comment was worthy of its own posting, so here it is.] Hi Nancy, I understand and completely empathize with your pain, bewilderment and grief, as I lost my 27-year-old husband […]
Continue ReadingAnthony Bourdain and the “Impossible” Suicide by Christopher M. Schroeder I have met Anthony Bourdain only once, but his work has touched me and so many people as if he were family. No one had us understand the world better, on the ground from their perspective, than he. His “food” show was the best “news” show […]
Continue ReadingLast week we were dismayed by the latest statistics on suicide in America. AfterTalk will be addressing this in coming weeks in this column, but first, we want to address those of you who have had a recent and close loss. In times of despair and hopelessness, it is not unnatural to think about suicide […]
Continue ReadingProcessing Trauma After Mass Shootings: photographer Andres Gonzalez has spent the past five years documenting the aftermath of mass shootings in American schools. He speaks with NPR’s Audie Cornish about how communities process trauma and the patterns of responses to violent acts. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Andres Gonzalez has spent the past five years photographing tangible […]
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