It’s been 4 long years

It’s been 4 long years my brother since you left us. Life was so hard and so painful for you that you felt it was easier to take your own life. I think about you every single day. I have shed more tears than I care to admit and have cried myself to sleep many...

Bec’s letter

Where do I begin? Sometimes I am so grateful for this awful event. I’m awful to think like this I know. Before you died I had no idea who my real friends were, or what people in my fam-ily really thought of me. I had no understanding what it was like to receive...

Grief and Forgiveness: How To Start A New Year

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions any more. I see them as a recipe for failure. When my husband first died I bought a plaque that said, “Have An Adequate Day.” It made me laugh – but I also felt it was something I could live up to. I don’t like setting...

Bonnie’s Letter

Hi all, Bonnie here. Welcome to another month of the BTS newsletter. This is my first time writing the front page as I normally take care of the youth page and the compiling of the newsletter. I hope you had a nice and relaxing long weekend for Easter. A lot of us get...

Jesse’s letter to his father

I’m so confused. If I want it that bad, I should be able to have it. But I can’t, not yet, too many other choices to make. I don’t even know which one I want. But they shouldn’t be classed as an item, never classed as an item. Why am I losing...