POS - FFOS
Memorial Cookbook
Remembering
Those Who Have Died
by Suicide
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I Am Alive
By: Jeff Shuck
I may have lost my brother, my sister, my parent, my child, my spouse, my
friend, but I am a survivor of the long dark night of unspeakable loss, the
unbearable pain, of my own darkness... and I am alive.
I am unwilling to stand idly by and allow shame to defeat love, or silence
to defeat action.
I stand for the enlightenment of a society that would hide from suicide,
that would avoid, that would pretend... and I am alive.
I am unwilling for my perseverance to be in vain,
unwilling for the passing of my loved one to be in shame.
I loved them more than I loved myself and their life will have meaning in my
action. I am resolved..., and I am alive.
In a world blinded by the pursuit of pleasure, I am here to say that people
are in pain.
In a world rushing to get ahead, I am here to say that people are being left
behind.
In a world obsessed with the value of the market, I am here to speak for the
value of life..., and I am alive.
This will be no quiet fight, for I am the voice of audacity in the face of
apathy.
I am the spirit of bravery in a world of action. I am a commitment to
action in the face of neutrality.
I am out of the darkness; I am into the light. And, I am alive.
"Index"
"Dedication"
"Welcome"
"On The Internet"
"We Remember Them"
"When Someone is Too Bruised to be Touched"
"Recipe Contributors"
"I Am Alive"
By: Jeff Shuck
"POS is a Light House"
By: Alice Stephen
"The Invisible Cord"
With Love From Terri Apostolakos
"Parents of a Suicide"
By Denise Bellion
"A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss and Suicide"
By: Iris Bolton
"We Remember Them"
~From the Jewish
Book of Prayer~
