Note to Adam

By
Becky Kruse

"To be sure, I appear at times merry and in good heart; talk, too, before others quite reasonably, and it looks as if I felt, too, God knows how well within my skin. Yet the soul maintains its deathly sleep and the heart bleeds from a thousand wounds." 

                 - Hugo Wolf

          I could not improve upon these sentiments from Mr. Wolf. Please help us spread the word about suicide awareness, intervention and prevention. Please, if you know someone who is thinking of suicide, talk with them, seek help with them. If you know someone who has been affected by suicide, perhaps Adam's story will gently guide them from despair to hope, from grief to grace. Take the time to learn the warning signals. Every 15 minutes in the U.S. someone dies by suicide. Over 38,000 Americans take their own lives each year. The number is growing; let's reverse these statistics. Help us break the silence about suicide, and stop the stigma associated with it; we must stop the bleeding, and mend some broken hearts.

          When we lost our son Adam at the age of 22, I began writing to him as a way to cope with his absence and my grief. These "Note to Adam" have been compiled in a book that is available at amazon and at barnes and noble. All proceeds go to suicide awareness. Please consider purchasing and sharing this book as a way to honor your own loved ones who no longer have a voice. We are all one; in that is the miracle. Thank you and Godspeed from Adam's mom, Becky Kruse.

Survivors writing a book on Raising a child in the wake of Suicide

Raising a Child in the Wake of Suicide

A book By

Christopher Lukas

&

Vanessa McGann, Ph.D.

Two survivors of family suicides are embarking on a new book. They are going to tell stories of children, now grown up, who were below the age of 18 when a suicide occurred in their families. They also want to hear from the caretakers (parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.) who were responsible for children when a suicide occurred.

The purpose is to help families and clinicians understand some of the helpful and less than helpful interventions or activities in those families at the time of the suicides, and since.

For a fuller detailed description of their project, and a call for participants from around the world, can be found by clicking here.


Vanessa McGann, Ph.D.
vlmcgann@aol.com

Christopher Lukas
lukandluk@verizon.net