Courtesy of Mary and Victor Ojakian

This story aired in the November 20, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

Saturday is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. It’s a day that honors support, connection, and healing for families and friends who have lost their loved ones to suicide.

In this story, we hear from Palo Alto loss survivors as they navigate the complicated emotions around a loved one’s death and what it means for them to keep going.

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Story Transcript:

I-YUN: Lynn and I had been an unlikely duo ever since we met 20 years ago.

She was the tomboy cool kid, rocking her pixie mullet and a pair of old Converse sneakers, playing hooky, and getting into trouble at school. Me? I was a textbook “good” student.

We went on very different paths afte

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