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math problem

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Veronica Beck 3 Comments family history of suicide, intergenerational healing, mental health

when john died,
i blamed myself.
turns out my siblings
blamed themselves too.
how does that work
mathematically?

Parenting Poetry and Other Life Stuff

Talking About Barbara

November 23, 2019February 21, 2020 Veronica Beck 9 Comments breaking family patterns, breaking generational patterns, compassion for yourself as a parent, family history of suicide, mental health, talking about hard things with kids, talking to your kids about suicide

“I’m sad today,” I said to my kids.

I didn’t want it to be a big deal. I wanted it to be like one of Kate’s thousand little conversations, casually mentioned and repeated over time so that the lesson gradually and naturally sinks in.

But a thousand little conversations have to start somewhere.