Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D., is the author of Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling and Ginger’s Gift: Hope and Healing through Dog Companionship. She speaks and writes internationally about suicide prevention and postvention. She is the current Survivor Division Chair for the American Association of Suicidology and the editor of the forthcoming web site, www.bereavedbysuicide.com. Visit her at www.siblingsurvivors.com, www.gingersgift.com, and www.michellelinngust.com.
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Just want to thank you for all you do!!! I hope we get a chance to meet. I am trying to write about the loss of a spouse by suicide and would love to pick your brain:)
Hope daisy is felling o.k.
Linda
Thanks, Linda! You can pick my brain any time via email!
Daisy is hanging tough. She’s laying right here by my feet napping.
Thanks for a great new resource. Our program in Canada is 31 years old supporting survivors. It’s great to have a new resource available.
Michelle, if you are ever in the Toronto area let us know.
Thanks for your comment, Alex. I just found out this week I will be the closing keynote at the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention conference in Halifax in October. Hopefully you’ll be there! Otherwise, hopefully I’ll get to Toronto one of these days to speak! Keep up your work. There are so many people to help, as you know.
What a wonderful site and fantastic resource for suicide survivors. I wish something like this had existed when I first lost my father to suicide sixteen years ago. It is great to see an increased openness through the internet and, gradually, in the news and publishing world too. Especially in the early months and years following a loss to suicide, it is so hard for survivors to know how and to whom to talk about all of the complicated feelings and grief that arise. I am a writer and recently started a blog on memory, very much related to suicide and how losing someone to suicide affects our memories and daily life – in positive ways too, making us more probing and compassionate.
Thanks for contributing so much to the discussion!
Kara Krauze
karakrauze.com
{triple decaf ~ the memory channel}