by donnaheck | Sep 21, 2023 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention
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...
by donnaheck | Jan 11, 2023 | child loss, grief, suicide awareness, suicide prevention
It’s hard to believe that one month from today marks Dani’s 4th wing day…. four years since losing my firstborn to her tragic death by suicide. Each day, week and month marks a new point in my journey. I say journey and not recovery, because until we are reunited for...
by donnaheck | Dec 14, 2021 | suicide prevention
Each day brings something new to the mental health journey of grief I tread. The ups and downs of my own feelings of losing a child in her prime and interjecting those feelings with the excitement and joy of the upcoming Christmas Holiday, gives me conflicting...
by donnaheck | Nov 16, 2021 | suicide prevention
Why did I feel the need to create @33forevermom page and blog? This has come up in recent conversations and I wanted others to know that I, (Donna Mencini Heck) started this page primarily for moms, dads, grandparents and the like, who may have tragically lost a...
by donnaheck | Aug 12, 2021 | suicide prevention
Dani in 2009 “TW Dani in 2010 *this blog talks about a suicide attempt and may provoke traumatic feelings. “Dual Diagnosis” is a term I learned the hard way. Here is the story about Dani’s own struggle with “dual diagnosis.“ It is also a story of Addiction, Hope,...
