By Cindy
My mom runs a website for suicide awareness and prevention, in memory of my brother Keith. I admire her for this. My mom believes that Keith’s spirit is communicated through butterflies, dragonflies and jet …

Families and loved ones of those who choose to end their own lives are all faced with the unanswerable question, Why?
We may assume that for those families where the deceased left a note, the answer to …

It was only in the sanctuary of Dr. Walter’s office that I began to feel safe enough to talk about my mother’s suicide. His voice was calming. It was a relief to talk openly with …

But I didn’t say goodbye! That’s all I could think about when I learned that my dad killed himself.  Friends said that he “was no longer in pain,” and that he loved me. But I …

Carol Loehr, a contributing writer for Open to Hope, was recently featured in a Purdue University magazine. Check it out at Carol’s website, The Gift of Keith.

Late last night, I received an email with tragic news about the loss of another friend to suicide.
The news came with a copy of his suicide note, a well-written 9 page letter which I am …

No one can know the depth of despair to which a person may sink upon contemplation of suicide. Possibly, the black hole in which one finds him/herself gets deeper and darker as the days go …

Late one January morning in 2008, I fell asleep on the sofa, something I rarely did and haven’t done since.   I was awakened to my house phone ringing, then my cell phone ringing, again the …

Sean died in the month of August.  He was 16 years old, and he took his own life. He shot himself with his father’s hunting rifle. I never saw his body, but, in retrospect, I …

That Sunday morning that I found Adam’s body in the car in the garage was the worst day of my life.
The horror that is suicide produces a grief that is like no other. It is not …

By Carol Loehr –?
Our son Keith died when he was almost 30 years old; that was 10 years ago. Today, May 20, 2009, he would have been 40 years old.?As Keith’s birthday approached, I wondered?what …

By Dick Loehr —
You are reading this because you have lost someone to suicide or perhaps you have had suicidal thoughts yourself. I am writing this to tell you about Keith, what I have …

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National Survivors of Suicide Day was created by U.S. Senate resolution, through the efforts of Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, who lost his father to suicide. Every year, AFSP sponsors an event to provide an …