My Nonprofit Reviews

After I lost my beautiful, talented and creative son, Zachary, to suicide on Monday, September 19th 2022, I read many books on grief, searched online for support, sat and sobbed through my appointments with health care professionals as I desperately tried to manage my overwhelming grief. Then fortuitously, I came across the online Alliance of Hope community forum and after reading the comments of other mothers who had also lost a child to suicide, I felt understood. Their contributions to the forum reassured me I was not going insane, that the depth of my grief, my impossible longing and despair was how other mothers felt as we all struggled to survive the tragic loss of our child. I thanked the organisation in a small book of poems I published about the life of my precious son, and his legacy of love, music and song, as I wanted to publicly acknowledge the organisation for their help and support and I welcome this opportunity to do so again. Reading the Alliance of Hope community forum saved my sanity, helped to normalise the ongoing surge of adrenaline and the intense pain of the grief. I will remain grateful for the forum and revisit it over the years in my attempt to create a life around this strange ongoing duality of grief and public life. How I miss my son. www.zachieseparovic.com