Caroline Roodhouse
@daddyblackbird.bsky.social
Widow | Best-Selling Author | Speaker on loss by suicide | Communicator | Mentor | Mum | Mental Health | UK
Read: https://daddyblackbird.com/book/ 💛
Read: https://daddyblackbird.com/book/ 💛
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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” | Emily Dickinson
❌ MYTH: “If I ask them about suicide, it might put the idea in their head.”
✔️ FACT: There’s no evidence that asking someone if they’re thinking about suicide makes them more likely to act on it. In fact, it can reduce distress and help someone feel less alone.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness
✔️ FACT: There’s no evidence that asking someone if they’re thinking about suicide makes them more likely to act on it. In fact, it can reduce distress and help someone feel less alone.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
❌ MYTH: “If I ask them about suicide, it might put the idea in their head.”
✔️ FACT: There’s no evidence that asking someone if they’re thinking about suicide makes them more likely to act on it. In fact, it can reduce distress and help someone feel less alone.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness
✔️ FACT: There’s no evidence that asking someone if they’re thinking about suicide makes them more likely to act on it. In fact, it can reduce distress and help someone feel less alone.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness
Today is #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay 💜
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
Questions, questions, questions
Daddy Blackbird #31
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today is #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay 💜
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
#SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay helps people find understanding and connection through shared experience.
It reminds us that even in the midst of loss, hope and healing are possible 💛💜💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Healing #Hope 🐦⬛
It reminds us that even in the midst of loss, hope and healing are possible 💛💜💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Healing #Hope 🐦⬛
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay helps people find understanding and connection through shared experience.
It reminds us that even in the midst of loss, hope and healing are possible 💛💜💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Healing #Hope 🐦⬛
It reminds us that even in the midst of loss, hope and healing are possible 💛💜💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Healing #Hope 🐦⬛
Today and everyday remember that there is no timeline for grief.
You’ve earned the right to own it and do whatever you damn well please with it 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay #Grief #Hope #Love
You’ve earned the right to own it and do whatever you damn well please with it 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay #Grief #Hope #Love
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today and everyday remember that there is no timeline for grief.
You’ve earned the right to own it and do whatever you damn well please with it 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay #Grief #Hope #Love
You’ve earned the right to own it and do whatever you damn well please with it 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay #Grief #Hope #Love
✔️Stay in bed
✔️Cry all day
✔️ Shout and scream
✔️ Hug a friend
✔️Hug a goat
✔️Laugh in an empty room
✔️Go to the movies
✔️Eat too much cake
✔️Be angry
✔️Talk to a stranger
✔️Buy yourself flowers
✔️Buy yourself cheese
✔️Jump in a puddle
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideDay
✔️Cry all day
✔️ Shout and scream
✔️ Hug a friend
✔️Hug a goat
✔️Laugh in an empty room
✔️Go to the movies
✔️Eat too much cake
✔️Be angry
✔️Talk to a stranger
✔️Buy yourself flowers
✔️Buy yourself cheese
✔️Jump in a puddle
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideDay
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
✔️Stay in bed
✔️Cry all day
✔️ Shout and scream
✔️ Hug a friend
✔️Hug a goat
✔️Laugh in an empty room
✔️Go to the movies
✔️Eat too much cake
✔️Be angry
✔️Talk to a stranger
✔️Buy yourself flowers
✔️Buy yourself cheese
✔️Jump in a puddle
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideDay
✔️Cry all day
✔️ Shout and scream
✔️ Hug a friend
✔️Hug a goat
✔️Laugh in an empty room
✔️Go to the movies
✔️Eat too much cake
✔️Be angry
✔️Talk to a stranger
✔️Buy yourself flowers
✔️Buy yourself cheese
✔️Jump in a puddle
#DaddyBlackbird #SurvivorsOfSuicideDay
❌ MYTH: It's obvious when someone is thinking about suicide.
✔️FACT: Some people show many signs. Some show very few. Everyone behaves differently.
If you're worried, the best thing you can do is ask directly. It could save a life. 💙
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthMatters
✔️FACT: Some people show many signs. Some show very few. Everyone behaves differently.
If you're worried, the best thing you can do is ask directly. It could save a life. 💙
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthMatters
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
❌ MYTH: It's obvious when someone is thinking about suicide.
✔️FACT: Some people show many signs. Some show very few. Everyone behaves differently.
If you're worried, the best thing you can do is ask directly. It could save a life. 💙
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthMatters
✔️FACT: Some people show many signs. Some show very few. Everyone behaves differently.
If you're worried, the best thing you can do is ask directly. It could save a life. 💙
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthMatters
Today is #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay 💜
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
Questions, questions, questions
Daddy Blackbird #31
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today is #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay 💜
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
My new piece, 'Questions, Questions, Questions', shares the hard questions that followed and how they shaped grief after Steve’s death 💔
I’ve also shared a short video on navigating these moments with children.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
Ahead of #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay, I spoke with @rethinkcharity.bsky.social about my grief journey and how I now feel more hopeful about the future.
You can watch my short film here...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #Grief #Loss #MentalHealth
You can watch my short film here...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #Grief #Loss #MentalHealth
Suicide loss and prevention - Rethink Mental Illness
Suicide affects everyone. Whether you are having suicidal thoughts, have attempted to take your own life, or lost someone to suicide, Rethink Mental Illness is here for you.
www.rethink.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ahead of #SurvivorsOfSuicideLossDay, I spoke with @rethinkcharity.bsky.social about my grief journey and how I now feel more hopeful about the future.
You can watch my short film here...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #Grief #Loss #MentalHealth
You can watch my short film here...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideAwareness #Grief #Loss #MentalHealth
❌ We don’t say “committed suicide.”
We choose gentler alternatives, like “died by suicide.”
Because no one commits cancer. Or heartbreak.
It’s not political correctness. It’s kindness.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
We choose gentler alternatives, like “died by suicide.”
Because no one commits cancer. Or heartbreak.
It’s not political correctness. It’s kindness.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
❌ We don’t say “committed suicide.”
We choose gentler alternatives, like “died by suicide.”
Because no one commits cancer. Or heartbreak.
It’s not political correctness. It’s kindness.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
We choose gentler alternatives, like “died by suicide.”
Because no one commits cancer. Or heartbreak.
It’s not political correctness. It’s kindness.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
I used to think grief had a timeline. My workplace definitely did.
But it doesn’t work like that.
It shifts, softens, spikes, surprises, years later.
Not because we’re failing to ‘move on’, but because love keeps living alongside us.
Missing someone does too 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
But it doesn’t work like that.
It shifts, softens, spikes, surprises, years later.
Not because we’re failing to ‘move on’, but because love keeps living alongside us.
Missing someone does too 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I used to think grief had a timeline. My workplace definitely did.
But it doesn’t work like that.
It shifts, softens, spikes, surprises, years later.
Not because we’re failing to ‘move on’, but because love keeps living alongside us.
Missing someone does too 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
But it doesn’t work like that.
It shifts, softens, spikes, surprises, years later.
Not because we’re failing to ‘move on’, but because love keeps living alongside us.
Missing someone does too 💔
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
This time yesterday I was travelling to Westminster for the launch of the new British Standard on Suicide and the Workplace (BS30480).
It’s been called trailblazing and life-changing and I’m proud to have written the accompanying First Steps Guide.
An incredible experience.
#DaddyBlackbird
It’s been called trailblazing and life-changing and I’m proud to have written the accompanying First Steps Guide.
An incredible experience.
#DaddyBlackbird
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This time yesterday I was travelling to Westminster for the launch of the new British Standard on Suicide and the Workplace (BS30480).
It’s been called trailblazing and life-changing and I’m proud to have written the accompanying First Steps Guide.
An incredible experience.
#DaddyBlackbird
It’s been called trailblazing and life-changing and I’m proud to have written the accompanying First Steps Guide.
An incredible experience.
#DaddyBlackbird
One thing I wasn’t prepared for after Steve’s suicide was how messy the “systems” were.
Police, coroners, schools, services… everyone trying, but none of it joined up.
You’re navigating the gaps no one warns you about.
And it’s in those gaps that real compassion is needed most.
#DaddyBlackbird
Police, coroners, schools, services… everyone trying, but none of it joined up.
You’re navigating the gaps no one warns you about.
And it’s in those gaps that real compassion is needed most.
#DaddyBlackbird
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
One thing I wasn’t prepared for after Steve’s suicide was how messy the “systems” were.
Police, coroners, schools, services… everyone trying, but none of it joined up.
You’re navigating the gaps no one warns you about.
And it’s in those gaps that real compassion is needed most.
#DaddyBlackbird
Police, coroners, schools, services… everyone trying, but none of it joined up.
You’re navigating the gaps no one warns you about.
And it’s in those gaps that real compassion is needed most.
#DaddyBlackbird
You don’t need perfect words.
You just need presence.
If someone tells you they’ve lost someone to suicide, don’t panic.
Say: I’m so sorry. That must be incredibly hard.
Then stay 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
You just need presence.
If someone tells you they’ve lost someone to suicide, don’t panic.
Say: I’m so sorry. That must be incredibly hard.
Then stay 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You don’t need perfect words.
You just need presence.
If someone tells you they’ve lost someone to suicide, don’t panic.
Say: I’m so sorry. That must be incredibly hard.
Then stay 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
You just need presence.
If someone tells you they’ve lost someone to suicide, don’t panic.
Say: I’m so sorry. That must be incredibly hard.
Then stay 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Hope
Your tribe is the anchor when storms arise and the wind beneath your wings when you soar.
When you need to feel hope, look for it in the people around you 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #SuicideLoss #Kindness #Compassion #Hope
When you need to feel hope, look for it in the people around you 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #SuicideLoss #Kindness #Compassion #Hope
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Your tribe is the anchor when storms arise and the wind beneath your wings when you soar.
When you need to feel hope, look for it in the people around you 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #SuicideLoss #Kindness #Compassion #Hope
When you need to feel hope, look for it in the people around you 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #SuicideLoss #Kindness #Compassion #Hope
❌MYTH: It only happens to certain people.
✔️FACT: #Suicide doesn’t belong to one gender, culture, age, or group. Although we know it’s more common among men, it can affect anyone.
We all have a role to play in noticing, listening, and supporting 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #ChangeTheNarrative
✔️FACT: #Suicide doesn’t belong to one gender, culture, age, or group. Although we know it’s more common among men, it can affect anyone.
We all have a role to play in noticing, listening, and supporting 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #ChangeTheNarrative
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
❌MYTH: It only happens to certain people.
✔️FACT: #Suicide doesn’t belong to one gender, culture, age, or group. Although we know it’s more common among men, it can affect anyone.
We all have a role to play in noticing, listening, and supporting 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #ChangeTheNarrative
✔️FACT: #Suicide doesn’t belong to one gender, culture, age, or group. Although we know it’s more common among men, it can affect anyone.
We all have a role to play in noticing, listening, and supporting 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #ChangeTheNarrative
The Greek word for trauma literally means “to pierce one’s armour.”
It breaks through our emotional protection leaving us exposed.
It explains why grief can feel raw and overwhelming.
If you’re grieving, recognise the pain - go slowly and go gently.
#DaddyBlackbird #Grief #SuicideLoss
It breaks through our emotional protection leaving us exposed.
It explains why grief can feel raw and overwhelming.
If you’re grieving, recognise the pain - go slowly and go gently.
#DaddyBlackbird #Grief #SuicideLoss
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Greek word for trauma literally means “to pierce one’s armour.”
It breaks through our emotional protection leaving us exposed.
It explains why grief can feel raw and overwhelming.
If you’re grieving, recognise the pain - go slowly and go gently.
#DaddyBlackbird #Grief #SuicideLoss
It breaks through our emotional protection leaving us exposed.
It explains why grief can feel raw and overwhelming.
If you’re grieving, recognise the pain - go slowly and go gently.
#DaddyBlackbird #Grief #SuicideLoss
The school run should be a safe place.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a moment of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30: Suicide is not the subject for a school run ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a moment of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30: Suicide is not the subject for a school run ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
Suicide is not the subject for a school run
Daddy Blackbird #30
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November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The school run should be a safe place.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a moment of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30: Suicide is not the subject for a school run ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a moment of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30: Suicide is not the subject for a school run ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
❌ MYTH: You should be ‘over it’ by now.
✔️ FACT: There’s no deadline for grief. We don’t move on, we move forward, carrying what we lost.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief
✔️ FACT: There’s no deadline for grief. We don’t move on, we move forward, carrying what we lost.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
❌ MYTH: You should be ‘over it’ by now.
✔️ FACT: There’s no deadline for grief. We don’t move on, we move forward, carrying what we lost.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief
✔️ FACT: There’s no deadline for grief. We don’t move on, we move forward, carrying what we lost.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief
Some places are meant to be ordinary.
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
Suicide is not the subject for a school run
Daddy Blackbird #30
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November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Some places are meant to be ordinary.
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
The school run should be one of them.
But after Steve’s suicide, it became a place of impossible questions, hidden grief, and invisible burdens.
Read about it in article #30 ❤️🩹
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Postvention #Care #Compassion #MentalHealth 🐦⬛
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
Whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague or complete stranger, please check in on someone today.
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Whether it’s a friend, family member, colleague or complete stranger, please check in on someone today.
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
It matters more than you know ❤️🩹🐦⬛
Take care of yourself and each other.
Caroline
💛💛💛
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #Hope
Loss by suicide is trauma like no other.
“Amor Fati” is about facing the unbearable, not accepting the act that caused the pain, but choosing to live fully with what remains.
Resilience isn’t quiet; it’s a fierce willingness to keep going 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #AmorFati 🐦⬛
“Amor Fati” is about facing the unbearable, not accepting the act that caused the pain, but choosing to live fully with what remains.
Resilience isn’t quiet; it’s a fierce willingness to keep going 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #AmorFati 🐦⬛
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Loss by suicide is trauma like no other.
“Amor Fati” is about facing the unbearable, not accepting the act that caused the pain, but choosing to live fully with what remains.
Resilience isn’t quiet; it’s a fierce willingness to keep going 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #AmorFati 🐦⬛
“Amor Fati” is about facing the unbearable, not accepting the act that caused the pain, but choosing to live fully with what remains.
Resilience isn’t quiet; it’s a fierce willingness to keep going 💛
#DaddyBlackbird #AmorFati 🐦⬛
When Steve died by suicide, I wasn’t just a widow grieving my husband, I was suddenly parenting double.
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups..
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups..
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double parenting dilemmas
Daddy Blackbird #29
daddyblackbird.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When Steve died by suicide, I wasn’t just a widow grieving my husband, I was suddenly parenting double.
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups..
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups..
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Simon Sinek’s “get in the mud” idea is simple but powerful: real empathy means being present with someone in their struggles, not trying to fix them.
Sitting in the hard, messy moments together can be more healing than any advice.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Support #Kindness 🐦⬛
Sitting in the hard, messy moments together can be more healing than any advice.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Support #Kindness 🐦⬛
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Simon Sinek’s “get in the mud” idea is simple but powerful: real empathy means being present with someone in their struggles, not trying to fix them.
Sitting in the hard, messy moments together can be more healing than any advice.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Support #Kindness 🐦⬛
Sitting in the hard, messy moments together can be more healing than any advice.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #Grief #Support #Kindness 🐦⬛
When Steve died by suicide, I wasn’t just a widow grieving my husband, I was suddenly parenting double.
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double parenting dilemmas
Daddy Blackbird #29
daddyblackbird.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
When Steve died by suicide, I wasn’t just a widow grieving my husband, I was suddenly parenting double.
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss
Double the emotions 🤯
Double the logistics 🤯
Double the decisions 🤯
And no one to share the load, or the fear, or the responsibility, or the 4:30am wake-ups...
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss