Melissa Angelini

08/19/2026

For all those who have been touched by su***de — through the loss of someone you love, someone you care about, or in ways that are difficult to put into words. 💛

David Kessler is offering a free Grief After Su***de event, and I wanted to share it here in case it brings understanding, support, or simply the reminder that you are not alone in your grief.

Sometimes understanding what we’re carrying can change the way we carry it.

Sharing with love, strength & grace💛

After a su***de loss, I’ve seen people get stuck on one question: why.

A friend once told me about a phone call they had the night before a friend died by su***de.

Just a short conversation, nothing alarming. And for years afterward, my friend carried one sentence: "What if I'd said something different?"

Our mind almost always reaches for a moment it believes it could have changed the outcome.

Grieving a loss from su***de is complicated in this way, and if you’d like to learn more about how to support others or find support if this is a loss you’ve experience….

…I’m doing a free event with Dr. Christine Yu Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention.

Helping With Grief After Su***de: What Helps, What Hurts, and What No One Tells You Thursday, August 20 | 12pm PT / 3pm ET Free.
One hour. And a replay sent to everyone who registers.

I invite you to join us.

Link to register is below.
https://www.davidkesslertraining.com/grief-after-su***de

08/17/2026

To the mom still hiding grief,

We are wounded in time.
Our wounds become scars.

Don’t let those scars reopen into wounds.

If you’re still white-knuckling it — showing up, functioning, doing what you have to do

— while grief takes over your body the second nobody’s watching…

I see you. I know that one.

Here’s what happens to me ,

Something in me gets defensive when someone tries to help.

Almost angry. Like — don’t tell me what to do,

you don’t know what I’ve been through.

And funny enough —

I get just as resentful when it feels like no one’s helping at all.

I remind myself: we are responsible for our own stuff.

It’s in understanding myself.

Not hiding the wound because it’s easier for everyone else if I do.

We are always going to carry Grief.

I know that now.

Grief is here to stay

I’m choosing to learn how to carry it.

Who I am now — still carrying grief, but not hiding it.

Out loud.

I keep showing up.

You’re not broken.

You don’t need fixing.

Everyone’s grief is unique.

To resist the grief is to resist the love.

Are you showing up?

I’m here,
With Love, Strength, and Grace

08/14/2026

The last month of my son’s life wasn’t the reunion I had hoped for but it was something I was grateful for.

There was so much love and so much pain.

When Eddie was active in addiction we were estranged.

My son had been gone prior to his death-

not dead, just gone, the way addiction takes someone while they’re still alive.

When he died I was so grateful I was there with him and he knew I was there.

There was so much love and so much pain.

After he died, I still wanted to feel that love and connection with him.

But he wasn’t there anymore.

All I could feel -was the pain.

What was true for me -

I had those moments and that’s how I I found gratitude, love and connection.

If you’re struggling in grief , you might want to find what else is true for you.

Give gratefulness a try. It might just surprise you.

Follow along as I keep exploring what might help carry grief -

so you can find the love on the other side of the pain.

With Love, Strength, and Grace 🤍

08/13/2026

Grief arrived.

Life kept moving.

But I wasn’t in it.

The pain was so big,
it covered the love —

for my son Eddie, and for myself.

What brought me back wasn’t time.

It was curiosity.

I’m exploring.

Discovering new ways to connect to myself,

and to Eddie.

If you’re craving connection to the ones you love — follow along.

With Love, Strength, and Grace 🤍

08/10/2026

08/10/2026

How many kids do you have?

Never a simple question for me to answer.

I have four children — two are twins.

I still count Eddie when people ask, even after his death on 9/26/24.

Today is Day 30 of Feeling Grief on Purpose.

The last day of the challenge.

I’m still Eddie’s mom.

That didn’t change.

But how I hold that has changed everything.

The challenge is done.

The grief isn’t.

I’m just moving into what’s next.

I wrote about the day everything changed, and where I’ve landed since.

Blog linked in the comments.

With Love, Strength, and Grace 🤍

08/06/2026

Day 29: Feeling my grief on purpose.

One of the things grief changed that I never expected was what I notice.

I slow down more.

I pay attention to the ordinary.

A chicken balancing on a fence.

A quiet morning.

I used to think healing meant feeling less grief.

Now I think it means making room for both.

Missing the people we love…

and still noticing the life that’s happening around us.

Understanding grief doesn’t take away your love.

It changes how you carry it. 💛

08/05/2026

This is what I do when grief shows up.

I pause.

I notice what I’m feeling in my body before I try to make sense of it.

That simple shift helps me understand what’s happening instead of judging myself for it.

Understanding changes how grief feels.

If you’d like to try the grounding practice that helps me do this,

comment GROUND and I’ll send it to you. 💛

08/04/2026

Two expressions. One grief.

I used to think these were opposite.

One made me want to close the curtains and hibernate.

The other made me want to stand on a rooftop with a megaphone and tell everyone

my son is dead.

Now I see them differently.

They’re not opposite.

They’re two expressions of the same grief.

Sometimes grief turns inward.

Sometimes it reaches outward.

The feeling underneath is the same.

Understanding that didn’t change my grief.

It changed how I related to it.

Instead of wondering what was wrong with me, I began listening to what my grief was trying to express.

How does your grief express itself? 🤍