1.0Safe Place with Ruth Grahamhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/safeplacewithruthgrahamRuth Grahamhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/safeplacewithruthgraham/author/rgrahamSuicide - Safe Place with Ruth Grahamrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JKLfKWBcmx"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/safeplacewithruthgraham/2013/04/suicide.html">Suicide</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/safeplacewithruthgraham/2013/04/suicide.html/embed#?secret=JKLfKWBcmx" width="600" height="338" title="“Suicide” — Safe Place with Ruth Graham" data-secret="JKLfKWBcmx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I didn’t wake up today thinking my life would change. But it has. Suicide. The word is so cold and ugly. It is so stark and final. And yet it leaves so much behind. Unanswered questions. Unfinished business. Unspeakable grief. The word means “the intentional taking of one’s own life”. Intentional destruction. I hate it.…