Sorrow comes to us all, but it need not destroy us or define us. This lesson came to me through the death of my beloved daughter. The struggle that followed taught me more than I would have thought possible about myself, about life, and about the incredible power of the human spirit to overcome adversity and to heal. Subsequently, I met many others who had experienced life-shattering events. I decided to share what I had learned in the hope that I could help other people conquer the obstacles on their healing journeys.
On November 1, 2004, my fourteen-year-old daughter, Carol, took her own life. I could never have imagined the pain or the bewilderment that followed. The unimaginable had become my reality, leaving me reeling for direction in a world that no longer made any sense.
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