“How do I” help a family member or friend who has lost someone to suicide?”

Unfortunately, I have been asked this question many time since we lost Ethan to suicide in September 2018. Fortunately, I have traveled this road and think it’s important to share my experience in order to help others.

There is never an easy answer, and everyone grieves differently. Even my husband and I have found our paths on this journey of grief to be quite divergent. But that’s okay, we are all different and we need to respect everyone’s individual process.

The first thing I suggest immediately after a suicide is for to the survivor space.