I think I am moving

Thank you to everyone that has responded in some way to my blog and my posts.  The interaction has helped.

It has not been enough for me though.  As I have said in previous posts; I need, want, and deeply crave human interaction.  And when I write three or for blog posts in a row that are read by few and not commented on, it just causes more feelings of isolation and loneliness.  

So I am moving my online grief operations to the Alliance of Hope website.  It is specifically for family members of suicide victims.  After my first post last night I received an outpouring of support.  If you happen to go over to that website, my online name there is "Marrk".  It seems like a better place for me and my circumstances.

I am not going to say I will never post here again, but my energies will not be focused here.  

Thank you to those that I have interacted with, and I hope what I have written here may have helped at least one person feel less singled out for tragedy.  

I wish you all the best.

Mark

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Comment by Missingsomeone on June 1, 2015 at 9:56am

Mark I go to Alliance as well as this site.  While I feel this is a good site, I do feel that I can related more to what the people are going through there.   Losing someone to illness, accident, old age is bad enough, but when someone delibrately took their own life - its a whole different painful experience.  I'm sorry you had to go through this too.   I have been reluctant to post my story on either site because it is just too complicated.   However I do read alot of the posts here and there.  I can relate to here how alot of people missing their loved one and the loneliness they are feeling without them.  I'm just lurking at both sites now going back and forth.  They are the only places I have felt some comfort other than talking with my loved one's family.

Comment by rachel_micele on May 31, 2015 at 10:11pm

I don't know if you will ever read this Mark. I'm sorry to hear you were not finding your needs met here. I've been on this site for probably about 3 weeks now and I did post on a previous one of yours thanking you for your writings. Being in the storm of this grief hell myself, I find that I don't know what to say to help people. But I find their stories and continued raw feelings helpful to read to know I'm not alone. I will miss your writings but I hope you find the Alliance of Hope website to be what you need.

Comment by Jesse's Mom on May 26, 2015 at 1:47pm

Mark, I came on today specifically to thank you for your blog posts. I lost two sons, one as an infant and my other son in 2012. I had read your entry about the struggle you went through as you struggled with disposing of your wife's items. It helped me to face that hurdle in my own life, as I know in my head that I need to part with some of my son's items. Still very difficult to do however.

So thank you and I too, wish you healing as we travel this road of grief. May you find what you need, it is a rough journey for sure.

Take care,

Laurie

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