Just a couple of days ago, I tore out a two-paragraph article in our local state newspaper about a meeting for the Survivors of Suicide in my state's capital. Immediately, I thought about my friends here on this forum, and I thought, "Something is missing here." I wondered whether to call the contact person or to write to Alffe and ask her for her thoughts. Thankfully, I logged on here where I can talk to all of you about it.

Again, it is the meeting for those left behind. What can I say when my primary need is to survive rather than to try to understand and accept my grandmother's suicide? I've learned so much here because Alffe agreed waaaay back (almost 10 years!) when I challenged her as to just who the "Survivors of Suicide" forum should be for that she could live with a forum that addressed the needs of both! She, I think, had asked for the SOS forum as a place where those who had lost a loved one to death by suicide could meet and talk online. I stumbled onto the forum because I was posting and asking questions about TBI and depression. I'm just so grateful that we found out that we could all meet and talk, whether as a person who was left behind or one who wanted/wants to leave.

David, I hope that you can make a difference there because you make a difference here.

Alffe, thank you for finding room in your heart for me,

reyn