by Rebecca Thomas
Trigger warning: Suicide method mentioned briefly.
In mid 2018, after Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain died by suicide, it was their families I thought of almost immediately.
I know very well the lifetime of difficulty ahead for them.
My mother died by firearm when I was thirty-three. I try to tell people this as evenly as possible. As if it was an interesting fact of my life, and not a deep and central nerve–a thing woven into my flesh and bone.
Children left behind by suicide carry the persistent ache of a parent erased. They … Read more...