I am shocked to read today that the wonderful Suzy Yehl Marta, founder of the Rainbows grief support program for children of divorce, which was later expanded for children with other major losses, died on January 13th.
We emailed often and would meet annually for breakfast at the Walker Brothers pancake house in Lincolnshire, IL, midway between our two homes. She was a member of our Commission on Parenthood’s Future and an advisor to our new project on aging, death and dying in an era of high family fragmentation.
I did not know she was ill. I wrote her last week and hadn’t heard back yet. What a gift she gave to so many, many children, and how kind and funny and passionate she was. Her obituary can be found here.
Categories: Children of Divorce
It is sad when good people, people who gave of themselves to help others passes. I’m still mourning the death of my father. But when you think of them and what they achieved in their lifetime you are also grateful for the time that you had with them.
It seems to me that the biggest months for death is January and February.
Thank you so much for those kind words SMS. It really has shaken me, because I just opened my google alert on “children of divorce” and I saw a headline “Marta gave voice to children of divorce” and I laughed to myself and thought, I’ve got to email Suzy and tell her this headline is horrible, it makes it sound like she’s died.
And then I clicked through and started reading.