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Suicide is tragic, unexpected and shocking. For family and friends who are left behind, the grief is horrendous, in part, because suicide is preventable, but not explainable.  I Don’t Know We can give an explanation for death when there is a fatal car accident, incurable cancer, or the natural decline in someone’s health due to…

Growing up in the Catholic Church, there were several sacraments which my parents led me through. First there was my infant baptism. Then around the age of seven I made my first confession and first communion.  It was during my first confession that I ran into a big dilemma. I had no idea what to…

Although I know that I am not the blessed controller of all things, sometimes it takes a personal tragedy to move this truth from a heady concept to reality. When given the opportunity to examine our catastrophes closely, we might be surprised by what we discover.   Something New? The largest, most anguishing  mental and…

I was thirteen the first time my heart shattered and my world fell apart. There was no warning and I’d had no previous practice with sorrow. Grief, like the powerful phenomenon that it is, came crashing down on me nearly snuffing out my life. No one came to my aid and no one explained the…