On October 6, 2009, my 20-year-old son Erik, took his own life. Since that sad and tragic day, an overwhelming sense of grief and despair propelled me into a search for answers. Answers that would provide me and others with comfort and hope. Some of those answers came from the many books I bought, but many came from an unexpected source: Erik himself. Read more.

Visitor Y

Last week Google and Bing helped locate random, relatively obscure figures from history and they were interesting guests, indeed. I skipped Y but just now thought “why do that?” (pun intended) and so today we welcome Visitor Y, this time chosen by The Committee. As we know, Erik was appointed head of The Committee for...

Keep Moving

What if civilization just stopped? Humans and all animals on Earth disappeared? We’d all go back to Heaven, and then wars, poverty, corruption, violence, happiness, joy, fun and car washes would all grind to a halt as the line of souls filed on back to home. Earth would be trees, deserts, grass, oceans and the...

Borderline Personality Disorder, The Soapbox Version

A couple of days ago, I posted about borderline personality and one of the blog members wanted to know more about a possible cure for the disorder. Erik had a lot to say on the matter, most of it ranting on a soapbox digressing in all sorts of directions. ADHD still persists in the spirit...

Visitor Z

The reason I skipped over “Y” is because I like the letter “Z” better. Using the same technique in another search engine (Bing) let’s see what we get. ST = substitute teacher, Erik and Visitor Z ST:                  If you don’t object, Erik, we’ll use the same method...

Visitor X

Today we invite one of 20 slave girls given to Spanish Conqueror Hernán Cortés upon arrival to what became Mexico centuries later. Erik’s hand in this was…..handy! ST = substitute teacher, Erik and Visitor X ST:                   So, Erik, as substitute teacher, I’ve never asked you to go fetch a celebrity and the reason is,...

Bouncy Balls and Pigeon-Toed Runners

Yeah, I know. The title screams for explanation. Instead of torturing you with a long drawn out introduction, I’ll let you just dive right in, head first. Me: Well, I’ll follow that up with a much simpler question. Who are we? (This is right after I asked how we could translate lessons, knowledge and life...

The Great Pumpkin

According to Linus in the Peanuts cartoon series of the 1960s, “there are three things you must never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” In honor (sorry Erik,  I slipped, “honour”) of our constant, regular violations of Linus’ idea on religion, here is The Great Pumpkin’s long distant relative. Now that we’ve...

Run for the Hills

After a week of great religious stuff, from both Mr. Moses and the blogosphere, how about some Looney Tunes? I’m reasonably sure but not certain that besides cartoons and characters, almost everywhere English is used, Looney Tunes is also slang for crazy, mad, mentally unhinged or daffy & daft. Would that be just like many...

Where to Begin

If you're new to Channeling Erik, I recommend you read the backstory first. Then, I suggest you start with the very first post. In doing so you can follow my journey just as I did, through the inexplicable, inconceivable, and yet utterly undeniable surprises that I have encountered since my son''s death. Welcome.

-Elisa

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