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2018-03-02T15:16:22-05:00

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In The Cool of The Evening

Last updated on: March 2, 2018 at 3:16 pm By Leticia Adams

The other evening my husband and I were driving to the grocery store as the sun began to go down. It is March in Central Texas which means that the evenings are cool and the sun goes down slowly painting the sky with beautiful colors. It also goes down at a decent time, not at 4 in the afternoon like in the fall. This is the time of year where you can see Texans coming out of their houses... Read more

Life After Suicide Loss

Love

The Past

2018-02-26T10:51:01-05:00

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March 8th is Quickly Approaching: Request and A Book Review

Last updated on: February 26, 2018 at 10:51 am By Leticia Adams

As many of you who are regular readers of mine know, March 8th will be the one year anniversary of my oldest son Anthony’s suicide. I would be lying if I said that I am not feeling the anniversary lingering over my days and weeks ahead of it. I am trying to stay busy, but that only works for so long before the fact that my child is gone and buried in a cemetery hits me like a brick to... Read more

Life After Suicide Loss

Loss

2018-02-19T12:44:51-05:00

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EASTER GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Last updated on: February 19, 2018 at 12:44 pm By Leticia Adams

A few weeks ago I was thinking about how I was going to keep myself busy for the next few months as my family and I head into the first anniversary of my oldest son’s suicide. I knew it was going to be very difficult as well as an emotional roller coaster. I was not wrong. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and I began to fall apart. But my plan to stay busy with something was a good one because... Read more

2018-01-22T09:44:20-05:00

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Who Am I

Last updated on: January 22, 2018 at 9:44 am By Leticia Adams

I am twelve days away from going through hell. It will be one year since my Tia Mary died on February 3rd which starts off the death anniversaries. First Tia, then Anthony on March 8th, then I turn 41 (its own hell which my body announced last night when I had to get up three time to pee) and finally, two years since the death of my Tio Roy on April 18th. Last year that anniversary was gonna be difficult... Read more

2017-12-26T16:27:45-05:00

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Death Be Not Proud

Last updated on: December 26, 2017 at 4:27 pm By Leticia Adams

On Wednesday March 8th at 1:51 my oldest son called me to ask if he could use my car to go to the parish. When he asked me how long I would be, I thought he was just being impatient, I had no idea that we got off the phone he would walk into our garage and hang himself. It would be the last time that I heard him say “I love you mom”. The fact that he made that... Read more

2017-12-20T11:27:24-05:00

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Book Review: When We Were Eve

Last updated on: December 20, 2017 at 11:27 am By Leticia Adams

Reviewing this book is a bit difficult because I am pretty bias. I love Colleen Mitchell so very much. She is one of the many people who were rays of God’s love in my life shortly after the suicide of my oldest son while I was at a writing conference at Notre Dame this summer. One of the things that probably seemed like no big deal to her but was to me was the morning she gave me a... Read more

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Books

Catholicsim

Dignity of the Human Person

2017-12-11T18:24:13-05:00

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Book Review: The Peace of Christmas, Quiet Reflections from Pope Francis

Last updated on: December 11, 2017 at 6:24 pm By Leticia Adams

If you are like me, this short Advent doesn’t seem like it is enough time. I don’t really know what I need more time for but I just feel like I need it. This is a very short Advent so I have already failed at most of it. I have done a great job at staying out of the busyness of secular Christmas with all the hustle and bustle that makes it difficult to be Catholic during Advent while everyone... Read more

2017-11-30T13:29:06-05:00

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I am Mourning

Last updated on: November 30, 2017 at 1:29 pm By Leticia Adams

Mourning is something that is avoided at every cost. Part of it is our brain protecting us from feeling the total loss of someone we love or even something we lost. But part of it is also our culture. In America 2017 the idol of positive vibes and positive thinking is worshiped at every level. We do not want to suffer and we do not want to witness suffering. We turn a blind eye to it, justify it, or just... Read more

2017-11-03T07:46:00-05:00

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All Souls Day as a Grieving Mother: Year 1

Last updated on: November 3, 2017 at 7:46 am By Leticia Adams

When I walked around the cemetery in Rome and came across this headstone I thought about the kind of love and grief that would inspire a man to have it made for his wife’s grave. I never imagined that seven years later I would understand that kind of love and grief on such a personal level as I do now. Today is All Souls Day, a day that I have used to show how Catholic I am for the last... Read more

Life After Suicide Loss

Suicide

Year 1

2017-10-24T12:16:34-05:00

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Faith After Tragedy

Last updated on: October 24, 2017 at 12:16 pm By Leticia Adams

I have had a lot of people tell me that my faith in the aftermath of my son’s suicide inspires them. When people tell me that I always assume I must be putting on some kind of image of myself that is not true because I do not feel like I have strong faith at all. I have doubted everything I came to believe in the last eight years of being Catholic since the day that I buried my son.... Read more

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