Sunday, November 19, 2006
Dr. Doyle,
I wanted to "thank you" for exposing me to Carla Fine's book. After receiving it yesterday, I have been reading it non-stop and will more than likely finish it today. Her work has given me the inspiration to move forward and to stop blaming myself re. the inicident. Although, I am not there yet, one day I know that I will come to believe it and recognize that it wasn't my fault, but the illness. Additionally, in reading her book it has helped me to understand that loved ones who commit suicide is an act which God recognizes as an illness or an act of desperation, so therefore, when well-intentioned people blatantly tell me that suiciders "burn in hell" I know that through my own research that this is not entirely the truth. Basically, I cannot convey enough to you of how you've helped me in removing a few of the weights off of my shoulders. I know not to keep my husband's death a secret from my son and daughter, and I know that a curse has not been set forth on my son, and lastly, I know that I do not have to accept the blame from an illness that I did not cause. So again, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart...and may God bless you back as you have blessed me.
Veronica
I wanted to "thank you" for exposing me to Carla Fine's book. After receiving it yesterday, I have been reading it non-stop and will more than likely finish it today. Her work has given me the inspiration to move forward and to stop blaming myself re. the inicident. Although, I am not there yet, one day I know that I will come to believe it and recognize that it wasn't my fault, but the illness. Additionally, in reading her book it has helped me to understand that loved ones who commit suicide is an act which God recognizes as an illness or an act of desperation, so therefore, when well-intentioned people blatantly tell me that suiciders "burn in hell" I know that through my own research that this is not entirely the truth. Basically, I cannot convey enough to you of how you've helped me in removing a few of the weights off of my shoulders. I know not to keep my husband's death a secret from my son and daughter, and I know that a curse has not been set forth on my son, and lastly, I know that I do not have to accept the blame from an illness that I did not cause. So again, I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart...and may God bless you back as you have blessed me.
Veronica
