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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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- Hollowed Out...
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- Happy, Seriously.
- Despair to Deliverance
- Wexler Family Psychiatry
- Dear Daniel
- Libba Bray
- Losing a child to Suicide
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- Uncle Spike's Adventures
- I Am My Own Island
- A Mother's Grief and Learning to Live Again
- The 50-something life of a Southern gal
- A MOTHERS' SORROW
- Zachary, Forever 21
- The Infinite Fountain
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- Mental Health Stigma--Neurofool
- Andyo1976's Blog
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- Americana Injustica
- An unwanted W
- PhoebeMD: Health + Inspiration
- Sheri Lawrence de Grom
- Living in Stigma
- WhiteLiger.net
Monthly Archives: June 2014
A Happy Post. What We Did Today. Maleficent!
Just got back from a wonderful day with my daughter Stephanie. First we ate at Red Robin (see post below) and then we went to see the Disney movie Maleficent. That was one of the best movies I have ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, children, daughter, Disney, family, maleficent, movies
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Try
There would be many things I would tell Kaitlyn now if I had the chance. But one of those things would be the message in this new song just released by Colby Caillat. PLEASE watch this. What an important message … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, bipolar, children, Colby Caillat, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide, Try
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Beam Me Up
This is rather fitting with my last post… To Kaitlyn: Beam Me Up There’s a whole other conversation going on In a parallel universe Where nothin’ breaks and nothin’ hurts There’s a waltz playin’ frozen in time Blades of grass … Continue reading
Our Pale Blue Dot
Ever since I was a little girl I have had this fascination with space. Everything in the cosmos that is so infinite. The fact that our galaxy, The Milky Way, where our planet is home, has billions of stars in … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, bipolar, Carl Sagan, children, cosmos, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, pale blue dot, space, suicide, universe, voyager
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Feelings…..or Not
Sometimes I think as a survival mechanism that my brain comes up with, there are times when my horrible, intense grief changes into something else. Oh the grief is still there, but my brain deals with it in a different … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Sharing a Review of my Book
I care a great deal about all of my reviews that I have gotten on my book on amazon.com. But there is one in particular that I want to share because it is written by James Webb PhD who wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, bipolar, children, death, depression, existential depression, family, gifted, grief, intelligent, loss, Medical school, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Cosmos, Dandelions and Parachutes
One of my favorite poems that Kaitlyn wrote is “Dandelion.” I never knew of its existence until after she died and found where she had written it when she was in undergrad and it was in a publication they had. … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, children, cosmos, death, depression, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, poems, poetry, suicide, universe, writing
9 Comments
The Tram
I’ve been thinking about something lately. I’ve been really hoping for a new dream visit from Kaitlyn. Anyone that has kept up with my blog for a while knows that I’ve had a few dreams about her since her death … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, bipolar, children, death, depression, dreams, family, grief, loss, mental health, mental illness, suicide
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Physician Suicide by Dr. Pamela Wible
I read and commented on Dr. Pamela Wible’s blog yesterday and she did not comment back….she called me on the phone and we talked for over an hour. She is working hard on helping prevent med student and physician suicide … Continue reading
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Tagged bipolar, death, depression, doctors, family, grief, healthcare professions, loss, Medical school, medical students, mental health, mental illness, physicians, suicide
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My Bright Shining Star 