I'll Write Your Name on Every Beach
by Susan Auerbach
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I am often asked about Suicide Loss Resources. Here is a book I really like, especially for the parent who has had a child die by suicide.
"Written by a mother who lost her 21 year old son to suicide, this book deals with the themes of suicide loss through the lens of the author's personal grief. Addressing the process of post-traumatic growth, this memoir provides the bereaved with therapy exercises and creative activities to help them come to terms with their loss." (Amazon description)
It has a very personal tone, with Susan's excerpts from her journaling over several years. Here's a paragraph I really appreciate about the identity of being a grieving self:
"Our grieving selves--a whole new self for many survivors, who must shed one skin and grow into another. We're no longer who we were. We don't know how to present ourselves to others with this stricken face, heavy gait, or unpredictable weepiness. How to walk in the mourner's path out in the world when everyone else still plies their regular route? We may need to hole up for a while as we get our bearings. Eventually, we learn where we can bring our grieving selves and when its best to leave them at home.
Eventually, we find that we're more than our grieving selves..."