Leticia Ochoa Adams lives in Texas with her kids, grandkids and pitbulls. She writes and speaks on grief, faith, suicide loss and motherhood. You can find more on her website LeticiaOAdams.com.
The past 17 months I have built a relationship with The Land, and it has taught me many lessons, like the peace described in the readings for the second Sunday of Advent is not a peace that comes without conflict.
Book review: In O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?, with wisdom, humor and just the right amount of sarcasm, Jesuit Br. Joe Hoover grapples with the question of God's role in the suffering we experience as human beings.
Commentary: I do not have to convince God that Anthony is a good boy despite his suicide. I also do not worry that God has damned my son's soul. I believe he can save not just Anthony, but me as well.