by donnaheck | Feb 10, 2024 | child loss, child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention, suicide prevention month
After hours of praying and pacing you’ve just experienced one of the BEST DAYS EVER-the joyful news of the birth of your beautiful and precious grandchild. You’re reeling with so much love and joy that this little one’s arrival has once again taken your breath away....
by donnaheck | Feb 2, 2024 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention, suicide prevention month
Dani, 33 Forever May 1, 1985 – February 11, 2019 Dear Friend of a Bereaved Suicide Loss Survivor: On this day as I anticipate my daughters “wing day,” I wanted to share something I have learned on this new journey since losing Danielle nearly 5 years ago to the...
by donnaheck | Dec 4, 2023 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention
I just finished a post for our nonprofit and the last line simply smacked me right in the face: SUNDAY NIGHT LIES. I’m sure many of you reading this understand what that means. You’re lying in bed trying to go to sleep and all of a sudden your brain starts telling you...
by donnaheck | Dec 1, 2023 | ALS, child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention month
I said to someone just yesterday…”If only we could go back 5 years and enjoy the moments just a little more…” These would be the moments when my husband, Jeff and I had brighter eyes and a genuine smile. The moments when we didn’t have to think about...
by donnaheck | Sep 27, 2023 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention month
One of the most beautiful moments on a brides wedding day is the “First Look.” I remember vividly my husbands face when he had his first glimpse of our sons’ bride on their wedding day ten years ago. His eyes filled with tears and he was overwhelmed with emotion at...
by donnaheck | Sep 21, 2023 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness
It rolls around every year.September.The beginning of so many new things:Football seasonA new school yearLeaves beginning to changeCrisp cool nights…Oh yes, don’t forget it is alsoNationwide Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Dripping with sarcasm to mask the pain I...
