Hope. Day 6: Consciously Choose Hope
In a gift of vulnerability and community, Alex is sharing her grief and healing journey with us in a 30-day blog series as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide […]
Hope. Day 5: Ask Questions
In a gift of vulnerability and community, Alex is sharing her grief and healing journey with us as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide in June 2017. This is […]
Hope. Day 4: Understand That Time Does Not Heal All Wounds
In a gift of vulnerability and community, Alex is sharing her grief and healing journey with us as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide in June 2017. Day 4: […]
Hope. Day 3: Befriend Hope
In a gift of vulnerability and community, for the next 30 days Alex will share her grief and healing journey with us as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide […]
Hope. Day 2: Keep Your Heart Open
In a gift of vulnerability and community, for the next 30 days Alex will share her grief and healing journey with us as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide […]
Hope. Day 1: Know That You Will Survive
In a gift of vulnerability and community, for the next 30 days Alex will share her grief and healing journey with us as she responds to “The Mourner’s Book of Hope: 30 Days of Inspiration” by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Alex is an OSU student and LOSS volunteer. She lost her dad, Mark, to suicide […]
Living for Both of Us (part 2)
This is the continuation of Shannon’s story published 3/21/2018. Read the first post here. I learned to accept that outsiders of suicide will continue to have their own opinions/judgments. I needed to focus on my own healing process, pick up the pieces of what was left of my life, and figure out how to continue […]
Living for Both of Us (part 1)
My life significantly changed November 21, 2010. I had been married going on close to 11 years to a wonderful man, Brian. We had been together for about 13 years, and it was an amazing adventure. We were not your typical couple. We did not have big aspirations of starting a […]
Four Ways to Honor Yourself and Your Loss During the Holidays
by Jess Steinbrink MSW Intern at Franklin County LOSS The holidays are supposed to be a special time of year. A time for us to celebrate connections and traditions with our family and friends, reflect on the past year, and get excited for the year ahead. But when we’ve lost a loved one—especially to suicide—our […]
Befriending My Sorrow
National Survivors of Suicide Day is this Saturday November 21st. It is always the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Senator Harry Reid championed the recognition of this day in 1999. He is a survivor of his father’s suicide. For the most part no one’s heard of this day… which is good. I never heard of it until a suicide […]
