The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing: Survivor of a Suicide Gets on With Life

by Sandi Latimer

Sandi Latimer's life changed forever the day she returned home after her volunteer to find her husband dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In The Bills Keeps Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing, she shares her story, telling how several times she turned to her journalist talents to find answers. Having no immediate family to rely on, she deals by herself. She also discovered she was not alone in her daily thoughts of her loved one and why he did what he did. Thanks to a local mental health agency, she was put in touch with a chapter of Survivors of Suicide Bereavement Support Group. Although Latimer writes for a living, she turned to a different form of writing to share her experiences. In The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing, she narrates how she's had a rough time adjusting, but that she's learned to get through it one day at a time. Praise for The Bills Keep Coming, the Grass Keeps Growing- "Sandi Latimer has written a compelling, candid, brave account of coping with the tragic death of her husband." -Bill Rabinowitz, Columbus Dispatch sports writer and author of Buckeye Rebirth and The Chase "Latimer opens the curtain on a topic few people may want to talk about but everyone should pay attention to." -Andrew Welsh-Huggins, author of the Andy Hayes mystery series.

89 pages, Paperback

Published December 17, 2018

About the author

I am a long-time journalist with experience in newspaper, broadcasting, wire service, public relations. In February 2011 I published Poodle Mistress, an autobiographical story of life with nine toy poodles. My husband had two toy poodles when I met him in 1973. During the first 27 years of our marriage we raised nine toy poodles. We have been dogless since 2000. Today I write for a weekly newspaper and am volunteer coordinator for a 162-year-old cemetery. I volunteer for HandsOn Central Ohio and am active with RSVP and Foster Grandparents. I am also involved in volkssporting."

Reviews

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many women have stories of widowhood, but not as the survivor of a suicide. Candid and inspiring; this one shows how one woman navigated the social difficulty of sharing cause of death, self doubt over all the "what ifs," and the steps she made either on her own or with the help of loving family members, caring neighbors, and close friends, both old and new, to get to a place of contentment and self satisfaction even while still honoring, missing and remembering.

[Sage · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't put it down until I had finished. Intriguing and encouraging.