family history of suicide Archives

rewritten

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Veronica Beck 3 Comments family history of suicide, intergenerational healing, mental health, stop suicide stigma

In my rewritten life, I finish the letter. The one I started and never sent …

Poetry and Other Life Stuff

math problem

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Veronica Beck 4 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, 2019August 12, 2020 Veronica Beck 15 Comments breaking family patterns, breaking generational patterns, compassion for yourself as a parent, family history of suicide, honoring Barbara, 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.