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My name is Rhonda. I'm a registered nurse, for the last 20 years, that has not been able to work since the day I learned of my daughter's death by suicide 4-12-13. (She actually died 4-11-13 and her body was not found until the 12th) Me and my husband have been married for 32 years and he's a wonderful man. We grieve in different ways. He works, I write. This is my journey through this horrible land of losing a child..
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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Just Close your eyes……
I’ve posted this on my facebook twice but no one ever responds to it but that’s ok. Sometimes I just want to put things out there. This video has nothing to do with Kaitlyn but it surely reflects the greyness … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide, Taylor Swift
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Can You Tell Me?
Now that I have your self-portrait hanging up Kaitlyn, I get to simply turn my head to the right when I’m sitting in the den, look into my living room and there you are. A beautiful, exquisite drawing of you … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Kaitlyn’s Self-Portrait is Framed
After months of waiting for the medical school to get their copy of it to hang in their wellness center, getting it back and waiting on a frame to arrive, I finally have Kaitlyn’s self-portrait drawing hanging in the living … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bipolar, children, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
6 Comments
Pieces of my Heart
I drive into my garage and the first thing I see is Kaitlyn’s cat carrier that she bought Gatito that is way too small for him that she could no longer use. It has a pretty decorative soft cloth inside … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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I’m Going Back to Work
I’m going back to work part-time at my old job. I asked my former boss if she needed an RN part time there and she said she did. I don’t know how many hours yet, as she’s yet to work … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
32 Comments
Goodbye My Little Girl
Just before 7 this morning I awoke from a vivid dream. So I got up and fed my dog since she was out there barking and came to type my dream down while it was still vivid. I dreamed I … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
14 Comments
Where I Used to Have a Heart
Back when I first started listening to Martina McBride back in the 90s I used to love this song. I had no idea that it would one day express so well how I feel since I lost my daughter Kaitlyn. … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, martina mcbride, mental health, mental illness, music, suicide
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I Wonder What They Would Think
What if I were to go down to Independence Mall, go to Charlotte Russe and go to the little ottomans they have near the dressing rooms and sit there? Wonder what they would think? I can see the lady coming … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
30 Comments
The Ever Present Question
No matter how much I know and how much I learn, for the life of me there are so many things I don’t understand. My wonderful daughter Kaitlyn who had the iron will of a super hero, the determination and … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, death, depression, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Falling Into Being
Falling into Being You, you with the clovers in your hair, your braided sun beams. Flowers and winged things. How you’ll never know the species of them, but you know them by their colors–their tiny reflected sunlights. You call them … Continue reading
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Tagged children, death, depression, family, mental health, poems, poetry, prose, sucicde, writing
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