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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: March 2014
She Didn’t Tell Me Everything….
I have a memory of the last weekend Kaitlyn and I spent time together. Of course I remember every single thing about it, but there’s this one thing that bothered me when it happened that I thought about then and … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Yes, I Know Momma (repost)
I just felt like reposting this here due to the importance of letting someone know when you are depressed. “Oh she’s home again, my baby’s home again,” I thought as I sat in my recliner in my den. She sat … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, Medical school, mental health, mental illness, suicide, suicide prevention
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My Book is Now on Kindle!
My book is now available on amazon Kindle!! Trying to get the book to format right in the Kindle was a daunting task but finally figured out. (oh what a long story I could tell you about kindle formatting, but … Continue reading
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Tagged author, bipolar, book, books, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, Medical school, mental health, mental illness, psychology, suicide, writing
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Update on my Book
I just want anyone to know that is interested in buying my book that it states on the buying page that my book is “temporarily out of stock.” I’m using a “Print on Demand” publisher and that means that the … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, books, children, death, depression, family, loss, Medical school, mental health, mental illness. grief, suicide, writing
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My Mind Does Not Know What to Do with This
You know, I’m sitting her rather down tonight. I’m always down but the prevailing thought that has been entering my mind in increasing abundance is this: Kaitlyn exuded happiness and the specialness of an extremely unique, gifted, kind person. I … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide, suicide prevention
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My Book Is Now For Sale on Amazon.com!!!
MY BOOK IS NOW ON AMAZON.COM FOR SALE!!!! I just checked on amazon.com and lo and behold my book is there and for sale!! I was not expecting it so soon because I had just completed the final updates with … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, author, bipolar, book, books, children, college, counseling, death, depression, family, gifted children, grief, intelligence, loss, loss of a child, Medical school, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychiatry, schools, suicide, suicide prevention, university, writing
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Why Do I Do It?
Why do I do it? Why do I do some of the things that I do now that Kaitlyn took her life almost a year ago? Sometimes in looking on WordPress here I go to the “Medical School” search and … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, Medical school, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Celebrity Suicide: I Don’t Care
Don’t let the title fool you…..this has an important message. What a great post.
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Eulogy for a Suicide
This was written for someone’s eulogy that took their own life. If “he” could be substituted for “she” it would fit Kaitlyn very well. What true and fitting words.
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, eulogy, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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My Attempt at Springtime
The weather report promised that today (Friday) would be a beautiful day here in southeastern North Carolina. It was to be sunny with temps in the low 70s after a whole week of ugly, cloudy and cool weather. I thought … Continue reading
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My Bright Shining Star 