Patricia Sunday

Thank you for being courageous and looking for someone to assist you in processing your grief. My name is Patricia Sunday and I reside in the Santa Clarita, CA area. I am no stranger to devastating loss. In 2002, I lost my dearest friend and two beautiful children in a tragic car wreck. A year later my beloved father to colon cancer. Through the years I have continued to experience death through Aunts, Uncles, my grandparents, cousin, father in-law, our unconditional loving dog Phoebe, and my beautiful mother in 2017. I suffered when my oldest son, at the age of 17, battled non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer. While I am beyond grateful to report that he is in remission, we as a family endured terrifying uncertainty. I have learned through “The Grief Recovery Method” that a loss comes in many forms, such as moving. I moved so much as a kid that I lost count. A friend betrayed my trust. My oldest leaving home for college. Although my mom was physically present in my life, she wasn’t emotionally present for me. The most life altering, unfathomable, heartbreaking pain I’ve experienced was in 2019 when we lost our precious son Trevor to drug influenced suicide at the age of 19. So many hopes, dreams and expectations gone in a tragic moment. While visiting us at the hospital our counselor told us about “The Grief Recovery Handbook”. I picked it up one day and started reading it and was blown away about how little I knew about grief. I was feeling hope for the first time since my son’s death. My husband and I did the steps in the book and when we finished, we had a different perspective of Trevor’s death. The unfathomable heartbreaking pain was starting to heal. “Recovery means getting your quality of life back. (It doesn’t mean you will forget the relationship that changed or ended - that’s not possible.) Recovery means that fond memories don’t turn painful. You will trust again. You will smile again. And you will find freedom from pain”, from the Grief Recovery Handbook. It is 2022 and we continue to be married 30 years and counting. I truly believe this method helped our marriage go from existing to thriving. My husband, oldest son, and I will love and miss Trevor every single day as long as we walk this earth, but we have hope in seeing him again. A new passion has been ignited in my heart. I sense with all the losses I have endured in my life; It has been preparing me to be a “Grief Recovery Specialist.” I want to honor Trevor by assisting others to find hope in their journey forward. This also happens to be “The Grief Recovery Method’s” mission statement which confirms I am on the right journey forward. I’m so humbly honored to be a part of “The Grief Recovery Method.” Thank you for reading my bio.