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Sandy Peckinpahs sixteen-year old son woke up with a fever and was dead the next morning of bacterial meningitis her life changed forever. She found herself in the depths of unimaginable despair. Then, someone gave her a journal, and writing opened her journey of self-discovery in learning how to live life without her beautiful child. Words illuminated her path of discovery and she began to document the things that helped her, and others like her,...
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Every year, some two million parents in the US suffer the death of a son or daughter. The unnatural sequence of the child's preceding the parent in death creates a wrenching loss and overwhelming emotional and spiritual disorientation. Most of these bereaved parents find relief from their isolation only in the company of others like themselves. The Grieving Garden offers support, understanding, and, ultimately, comfort and hope from those who have...
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Un livre qui vous apporte du réconfort pour affronter cette épreuve!
Le deuil qui suit la perte d'un être cher soulève bien des réactions et suscite de nombreux questionnements.
Dans cet ouvrage, les auteurs répondent franchement et simplement aux questions qui leur sont posées le plus souvent, espérant procurer aux personnes en deuil l'information, le soutien et le réconfort dont elles ont tant besoin.
Les questions et les réponses abordées...
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Women and grief
Death is always sudden. It rips people out of their usual routine and turns their life upside down from one second to the next. In death, it makes no difference whether the bereaved have been able to prepare themselves for the death of a loved one for some time or whether the news hits them suddenly and unexpectedly. When someone close to you dies, it always feels as though the rug has been pulled out from under your feet. Sure, it's...
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#1 The stoplights are out on Wilshire and all along San Vicente approaching Cedars-Sinai. I am driving with my hazards on so the cars behind me don't honk. Hal is sitting next to me, padded with pillows so the seatbelt doesn't press against his abdomen. I learned this trick after my C-section when our twin daughters were in the NICU after being born six weeks premature.
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Sometimes pain passes quickly and small losses are easily absorbed. But suffering often goes on and on, and for people of faith, the resulting crisis can be deeper and more destructive than the loss itself. We look for ways to comfort those who are hurting. But sometimes, in spite of our good intentions, the clichés and simplistic theology we offer only add to the pain and misery.
In When Suffering Persists Frederick W. Schmidt presents a pastoral...
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The neurosurgeon said, "Kati will be able to learn and do things. She'll go at her own pace, but it won't be fast. She will always be a turtle in a racehorse world." Moving, thinking, and speaking more slowly than the rest of the world is not all roses. So I wrote Turtle in a Racehorse World to tell the racehorses of the world how they can help the turtles like me, and see the good in all who live around them, so the world can be a kinder place.
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It took only one phone call to change a family's life forever. When twenty-five-year-old Melissa Sullivan arrived at the hospital, she was already in a coma. Several days went by as Judith Sullivan, her husband, and her son and his wife held vigil in the hospital waiting room. Holding on to hope, the family clung to each other and to the friends that stopped by to offer support. But Melissa would not survive the cardiac arrest. Judith and her family...
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Through Your Loss Comes The Strength to Grow Whether the death of a loved one is sudden or follows a long battle with illness, there is no way to prepare for the loss of someone close. Grieving is painful, but you have a choice in how you cope with grief and most importantly how you adapt to the intense loss you've experienced. Grief counseling expert Dr. Louis LaGrand describes 101 tips and prescriptions to help mourners through their tragic loss....
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Are you struggling to cope with the overwhelming emotions of grief?
Do you feel lost, alone, and unsure of how to move forward?
If so, this book will help you.
Finding hope: understanding and overcoming grief is a small but powerful guide that provides simple, easy-to-understand strategies for coping with loss and finding your way back .
Written in plain and simple language that anyone can understand, this book is the perfect companion for those...
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Peggy McMahon's prayers are heartfelt and capture the raw, authentic emotions many face with a serious or life-threatening illness. Her prayers have touched lives well beyond their origin in Anchorage, Alaska. Written out of her own pain, the prayers of Peggy McMahon have ministered to many in times when they could not find the words to pray. Addressed to Abba, Father, the prayers are personal and heartfelt, written from a place of vulnerable trust....
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When a beloved pet dies, the grief that often follows can be overwhelming. Why We Love Them So: Surviving the Loss of an Animal Friend offers profound guidance on how to understand deep sorrow and eventually use its power to transform our lives.
Father Paul Keenan faced his own grief journey when Teddy, his twenty-five-year-old cat, passed away. Knowing the love he felt for Teddy was irreplaceable, Father Paul turned within and listened to his...
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En 1998, subitement, Martine Lafontaine perd son fils Justin, âgé d'à peine un an. Tout au long d'un cauchemar dont elle n'émergera que beaucoup plus tard, elle expérimentera toutes les douleurs qu'engendre cette perte.
Qu'est-ce qui fait qu'une personne demeure prisonnière d'une souffrance qui l'envahit et détruit tout sur son passage? C'est la question que s'est posée Martine après avoir entamé, finalement, un...
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#1 I was sent to help find a missing six-year-old girl near Masquinongy Pond. The parents were worried about their daughter, and the parents loved their child.
#2 I dial my house to hear my children's voices. It's early in the search, and there's hope. I know not to anticipate or plan for these calls. Hope and grief typically present themselves in novel ways every time.
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This is a must have book for every newly bereaved parent. Written by a mother who lost a son, the book offers help, hope and guidance to those facing the crippling emotions that come with the loss of a child of any age. The author combines suggestions gained from personal experience as well as advice from other parents and experts in their fields. This helpful information is presented in an easy to follow self-help format.
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Sacred Grief offers an intriguing exploration of the far-reaching ripple effect of our present-day opinions about surviving grief's emotional roller-coaster and the unnecessary suffering our judgments unconsciously promote. You'll find comfort in discovering that there's another dimension to this universal experience-a dimension that fosters trust, kindness and compassion, peacefully heals, and steadfastly moves you towards your soul's deepest desires...
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"Night Songs: Life in the Midst of Death" is a compelling reflection of life, death, and spirituality. Throughout her book, author Phyllis Mayo tells the death stories of 38 people. Each is unique and shares an up-lifting thought, "even in the midst of death." The stories begin with the death of the author's friend before they started first grade. The stories continue up until the month before the author's retirement. Some stories are profoundly sad,...
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Healing from the loss of a loved one can be a little less painful with reassurance from someone who has traveled the same path. For the Love of Cancer: A passionate pursuit to understand life, death, and spirituality was born from the author's personal journey as her husband's caregiver during his battle with cancer and her immense grief when he was killed in a motorcycle accident. In this book, Julie Davis Tittenhofer shares the most intimate details...
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Addressing the inevitable grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one, this encouraging and supportive reference provides comfort in the midst of overwhelming sadness. Preventing mourners from becoming tangled in a web of despair, this guide shows how the smallest amount of hope can be nurtured into a confident sense of being, lighting the path towards a future of love, joy, and meaning. Featuring a series of reflective passages and quotations,...
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How easy is it to connect with a loved one who has passed? Jamie Lee Silver says it's simple, easy, and natural. She says you don't have to be a medium or have any special powers. Being open to the idea is all you need. That, and the willingness to give it a try. Every since her son, Benjamin Lee Silver, developed a fatal mental illness that lead to taking his life in July of 2015, Jamie and Ben have been conversing through pen and paper. Jamie now...
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