My Time Will Come follows a series of struggles, unraveling like a mouse maze that often felt inescapable. I have encountered many books that touch on sexual abuse, suicide, infertility, cancer, and spirituality, but I have tried here to envelop these topics, and to bring them together as personally as I could. This memoir can …
In 2011, Nick, my nephew-in-law, died by suicide. At 36 years old, he had paranoid schizophrenia since the age of eighteen. Attending the Celebration of Life service, I listened to the eulogy and the rendition of Nick playing his guitar to a piece of music by Jimi Hendrix. An overwhelming urge to start clapping my …
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Our dog, Brandy, a black lab cross we had since she was a puppy. At 14-years-old, diagnosed with cancer; A fast spreading cancer, Brandy’s health deteriorated quickly. Towards the end, we slept downstairs with her on our makeshift bed as she couldn’t climb the stairs anymore. One night, I woke up after shouting her name …
Having grown up in a dysfunctional family, I felt invisible from a very early age, meaning I was not seen, heard or spoken to. I learned what I said didn’t matter, wasn’t important or that my opinion didn’t count – that’s when I stopped talking. Traumatized, this affected my mental and physical state as I …
There are no set rules for the stages of grief. Each person is unique and will handle grief in their own way. Do not judge yourself or others on the way someone processes grief. Some people will cry, others will choose to ignore it, some will go into a depression, and others will let guilt …
Every week I will be discussing a different topic on grief and loss, suicide, cancer, and spirituality. My Time Will Come is an account of my experiences and struggle with sexual abuse, a dysfunctional family life, and the devastating loss of my sister by suicide. The hardship continues with my thirteen-year ordeal to conceive amidst …
Every week I will be discussing a different topic on grief and loss, suicide, cancer, and spirituality. The most difficult lesson in life is to love unconditionally. All of us have been rejected, betrayed, and hurt many times over in our life, and yet one commonality we all possess is we are all human. We …
Every week I will be discussing a different topic on grief and loss, suicide, cancer, and spirituality. “Life is a Miracle” To be given a day to experience all that life has to offer is a miracle. An opportunity to live your life to the fullest with gratitude for all that you have been given. …
Every week I will be discussing a different topic on grief and loss, suicide, cancer, and spirituality. “Death is only an end to our physical presence, our spirit lives on.” My journey has been one of finding spirituality, an inner knowing, and a renewed sense of strength and well-being. I have the ability to connect …