Author Archives: Deidre Hutchings

I lost my mom to suicide as a result of her addictions when I was twenty-two. Like many adult children of addicts, I have spent the majority of my adult life focused on healing from that trauma, desperate not to follow in her footsteps. Now, I’m a happily married mother of two, and I’ve comeContinue reading “Why I’m Here”

I created this space as a place to share happy moments, memories and thoughts about my mother and about life. It’s a place for me to move beyond grief and the pain that comes with having a parent that struggled with additions and ultimately died by suicide. But before we begin this journey together, IContinue reading “But First…”