A Daughter's Reflection on the Suicide of Her Father: A Collection of Writings, Poems, and Narratives

By Teresa Mohme

Suicide is rarely talked about openly. We have made the mistake of keeping our pain and suffering to ourselves. The author has learned on this journey it is the sharing and connection with others that helps in the healing.Her writings will take you through the journey she had to make when her father unexpectedly decided to take his own life. She defines her stages of grief as, When a Loved One Takes His Own Life to Putting Back the Pieces; to Grief And Its Reflection, through Special Occasions, to Remembering. With Continuing Bonds, she keeps alive the bond she had with her father. Her last two stages brings, Coping With Loss and Grief and Time...Time in Grief. At the very end of her book, she includes a selected list of writing topics to help those wanting to find words for their grief.She has written this collection of writings, poems, and narratives with such depth of emotions, that it is her sincere hope that her writings will help bring strength, courage, comfort, and healing to those suffering through a similar loss and the loss of a parent.It is also her sincere hope that her writings will reach and be helpful to those who have attempted suicide or those who are thinking about suicide, by reading for themselves, a first-hand account of the devastation that choosing suicide leaves behind and how it can affect those who love them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478183586
• ISBN13: 9781478183587
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"