12/12/2025
Amy's article in WOW Connect DSM has been published for all to read.
On the 14th anniversary of losing her mother to su***de, she has reflected on everything that she has learned through this loss.
"There has been a lot of undoing and redoing, unlearning and relearning, break-downs and break-throughs, but through it all I have learned more about myself and her than I thought possible. Thank you mom for teaching me life's hardest lessons, I wish I knew you then like I do now. I wish I understood you then like I do now.
I was reminded last weekend by my dear friend Stef McAdam - who leads the support groups of Survivors of Su***de Loss - of how far I've come. She told me in her matter-of-fact nature (that I love so very much), that she truly was worried about me back then. I was a mess and I wasn't okay. Now she says I'm one of her proudest graduates. When we hugged Saturday night, it brought it all back and solidified in me once again how fragile life is and how important it is to show and tell your loved ones how much they mean to you, as much as you can.
Life isn't guaranteed but LOVE doesn't die. Live life as fully as you can, embrace it all, beauty and pain..for we can't experience life fully without feeling it all. Life IS hard, it's not fair, and you will be hurt. What is harder is though not living life to the fullest capacity and experiencing the peace and joy that comes from living with your eyes and heart wide open."
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