by Joyce
In 2015, I lost my brother, Doug to suicide.
It was a very complicated relationship. He was verbally and physically abusive to me when we were growing up. He needed help so badly but he didn’t ask for it and “handled things on his own.” I felt so much anger, maybe even rage at times. I don’t know where all this anger came from.
Then, on June 23, 2018, I lost my husband to suicide as well. I felt totally numb and in shock. I know that there’s a lot of anger … Read more...
by Christine New
When I first met Dennis, we were both in ninth grade at a middle school in Ann Arbor, Michigan and we didn’t like each other very much. I had just graduated from a private school.
We didn’t have any interaction at all. I had my group of friends. He had his.
In our junior year of high school, we had a class together and ended up sitting next to each other. I believe it was British Literature. Dennis used to bring a different book to class with him every day. He would sit and read … Read more...