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Stories, reflections, and remembrance
Explore personal stories, tributes, poetry, and thoughtful reflections created to bring comfort, connection, and hope to suicide loss survivors.
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A place for shared voices
The More page gathers meaningful writing and memorial content that helps visitors feel less alone in grief. Each section offers a different way to reflect, remember, and connect with the experience of loss.
Personal stories
Read heartfelt experiences from survivors and family members who share their journeys through grief, healing, and remembrance.
Poetry and reflections
Spend time with thoughtful words, observations, and writings that speak to sorrow, love, faith, and the work of carrying memory forward.
Paths through remembrance
Browse the kinds of content visitors will find here, from tributes and family stories to reflections that honor loved ones and support healing.
Paying it Forward
Lullibies For The Soul
Marilyn Ellison-Echols is a survivor who lost her youngest daughter, Alanya Echols, to suicide and in her honor started an educational non-profit called Lullibies For The Soul. Lullabies for the Soul LLC (www.lullabies4thesoul.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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Paying it Forward
Maria Rienzo
Has served on the AFSP Board of Directors and remains active in community events.
Donna Hillman
Has started a group…
Linda Borders Killian
Is CEO of Jacquelyn Bogue Foundation and supplies us with the Mourning After pamphlets…
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My husband James ended his life in January, 1999 and left me behind with three small children. We all worked very hard to achieve a healthy recovery.
For years in the early 2000’s, I was a grief support volunteer for a tri-county initiative about suicide prevention and grief services. Through this program, I was able to collect and retain wonderful stories of love and coping. The initiative fell apart when the volunteer coordinator resigned.
I was also, up until this year, a trained Griefbuster — which is a school staff volunteer who works with students suffering a loss or potential loss (cancer, for example). My principal knows if a kid needs me, I will get coverage for my class and meet on the spot.
That is how grief support best works, it is not a future appointment. The grief work helped me become educated about suicide and face my own shortcomings. It has been an important part of completing the circle.
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