My Nonprofit Reviews

I lost my son in 2019, after a battle with depression and anxiety. I had also lost my father to depression many years before. I found Alliance of Hope three months after my son died. I was still numb, but feeling incredibly isolated and I did not know how I could survive. AoH was a beacon in a very dark, lonely world. I felt immediately embraced, understood and held with compassion, wisdom and understanding. For me, at over 4 years, AoH has been the most singular source of my healing. I had no access to a local support group. Therapy is not helpful for me. I needed to connect with other mothers who had experienced this loss. Other mothers who completely understood. Other mothers who had been kind, loving, resourceful, competent and educated, who had put their child above themselves, and yet their child had still died. I needed to know that there were other similar mothers; ‘good’ mothers, who this tragedy had happened to. I needed to write things that no one in my world wanted to hear. Words no one in my world could understand. I needed those words to be read and heard and understood. And to hear the wise responses to my unfathomable pain. Suicide grief is very ugly. Only AoH members understand and are there for you 24/7, no matter where you live.