Linda J. Stilson

Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts

Depression, Suicide, Death, and the Pain It Leaves Behind

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Produktbeschreibung

Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts is a spiritual and inspirational guide for family survivors who have lost someone to suicide. Expressing .her grief throgh poetry, is not only therapeutic to the author, but can also be therapeutic to others suffering from similar losses. One can relate to the various stages of grief that one must go through in order to survive a horrible tragedy or senseless loss. One never knows when it is going to affect their family. It happens unexpectedly like an eagle swooping down for its kill. "unanswered questions haunt us now, Asking why, and knowing how? What happened to our child that day? To make them feel they had to die that way. To end their life and break our heart. The pain so deep we fall apart. Others tell us that we should move on. Easy for them who still have their daughter or son. They have no idea of the pain of walking in our shoes. Until they lose a child, they have no idea and have no clues. There is no time table for our grief to end. Better to offer their compassion and an ear to lend. Than to tell us our child was selfish and unkind. Or a coward, than one with a troubled mind. Their pain was real and confused them so, Their feelings were more like an an enemy or foe.... Exerpt from "Unanswered Questions Haunt Us Now Experience the strength and sensitivity expressed in poetry while learning the signs to look for in someone contemplating suicide as a way to end their pain from overwhelming conditions or illness. Learn about support groups, websites available for survivors of suicide, and how to get help for those that are thinking they have no hope for the future. Losing her husband to cancer and later losing her son, her only birth child, leaves no greater loss. Expressing grief through poetry, she reaches out to others providing comfort and promoting suicide awareness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Primix Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781957676630
• ISBN-10: 1957676639
• Artikelnr.: 68551998

Autorenporträt

Losing her husband Feb. 2, 2001 to cancer and then losing her son to suicide Dec. 20, 2004, leaves "No Greater Loss." Expressing her grief through poetry, Linda reaches out to others providing comfort and promoting suicide awareness. Linda has written a song, "No Greater Loss", which was recorded by Kayla Frank, in Wilmington, NC. Kayla was working on some Christian songs she had written and recorded on her cd with "No Greater Loss" and sang at church and at church camps reaching out to other young teens. Depression is an illness which shouldn't go untreated. Unless you have suffered it, many do not know the signs for depression or suicide. Many don't know about bipolar disorder and the signs for it. Both are treatable, but left unattended, it often leads to suicide. Suicide is not a sin, it is the result of an illness that was left untreated. No one really knows how much one can handle or what their coping skills are. It is my desire to bring awareness to others about depression, bipolar, and suicide so that more people know the signs and are able to help anyone that might be in denial or suffering alone. When they are seriously depressed, they feel alone and unloved, even though they are surrounded by many that love them. Linda expresses her feelings she encountered during her grief process in hopes that others experiencing a loss by suicide can relate and find her poems and information of some comfort to them.