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Getting Through the Holidays When our loved one dies, we grieve not only for that individual, but also for the life we used to have, the love that special someone gave us and all the memorable times we spent together. Perhaps there is no time of the year when we’re more aware of the empty […]
Continue ReadingSurvivors He has stopped trying to grasp her remoteness that he mistakes for calm, this cooling that accompanies the wintering of her grief. Since their daughter’s explosive departure, its echo like a slammed door, she has pulled in, and in, away from the pain, away from him. What he cannot know is how she slips […]
Continue ReadingExperts Discuss Children as Survivors of Suicide on Wednesday, December 17th 3pm EST on AfterTalk: LIVE On Wednesday December 17th,, AfterTalk: LIVE presents a discussion of the impact of a parental suicide on children and how families can cope. The panel features Mandi Zucker, MSW, Grief Recovery Specialist and Program Director of Imagine: A Center for Coping […]
Continue ReadingMy Mother’s Mother died in the spring of her days. And her daughter did not remember her face. Her portrait, engraved upon my grandfather’s heart, was erased from the world of images after his death. Only her mirror remained in the home, sunken with age into the silver frame. An d I, her pale […]
Continue ReadingThis is a guest positing by the renowned Dr. Gloria Horsley. After interviewing AfterTalk’s Co-Founder, Lisa Bogatin, Dr. Horsely was inspired to express her grieving for her Grandmother through writing an AfterTalk “conversation.” To: Grandma Jenson With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up I would like to tell Grandma Jenson how much […]
Continue ReadingSpirit She was seven months in you wrapped snug in your house of flesh when she came to rest, turned her face to the dark wall. Beyond your high hard hope you knew in your heart that she was gone, this sliding shift of gravity in your belly, in your bed. You named her Spirit […]
Continue ReadingA Prayer I used to be part of you belong to you the extension of your being but now you live within me are the spark of my consciousness I say prayers for you With you as you sing your melodies speak your words hearing your voice in mine and my eyes too green have […]
Continue Reading[Editor: today is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, a program of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.. It’s the one day a year when people affected by suicide loss gather around the world at events in their local communities to find comfort and gain understanding as they share stories of healing and hope. AfterTalk commemorates […]
Continue ReadingOf Continuum Having had and having lost parents, aged through nature; Having had and having lost loves, parted through living; Having had and having lost children, torn through confusion; Having had and having lost friends, passing through maturing; Having had and having lost through nature, living, confusion and maturing, yet I find anew […]
Continue ReadingThis is a guest positing by the renowned Dr. Gloria Horsley. After interviewing AfterTalk’s Co-Founder, Lisa Bogatin, Dr. Horsely was inspired to express her grieving for her Grandmother through writing an AfterTalk “conversation.” Dr. Horsley, Ph.D., M.S., C.N.S.., is the founder, along with her daughter Dr. Heidi Horsley, of Open to Hope. She is an […]
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