**With no warning signs, Jan Reynolds, then of Athens, GA, was called one day to her Pastor’s office from her teaching classroom to learn that her son, Joel, an honor student at the University of Georgia, had committed suicide.  

Shaken to the core, Jan relied on her strong Christian faith to endure the terrific pain and sorrow she experienced.  Here, Jan openly shares her heartfelt grief and explains how and why she is not bitter and how Joel’s death led her to a personal help ministry.**