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A few days before Thanksgiving 2014, author Chris Stepien found himself in an oncologist s office. But he wasn't the patient. Stepien's wife, Ellen, was just beginning her battle with aggressive breast cancer. That day, while listening to the oncologist's treatment strategy, Stepien began writing Dying to Be Happy: Discovering the Truth About Life. In the pages of this book, a brush with a life-threatening disease sparks a frank discussion on mortality....
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In a world plagued by death, disease, and suffering, many ask why a loving God would allow this to happen. In Divine Dilemma, a poignant scriptural guide filled with personal testimonies, author Ken Ham offers hope and peace to grieving families and bewildered communities, strengthening their faith during life's darkest days.
For believers, reconciling this reality of suffering with the teachings of a compassionate Creator raises difficult questions....
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The death of an adult sibling precipitates a flood of emotions in the surviving sisters and brothers. Feelings of grief are not easily "gotten over" in neatly ordered stages. Neither are efforts to make sense of the loss and come to terms with an irreparable hole in one's family constellation. In Part 1 of The Oxidation of Grief, Maria Piantanida shares her responses to her younger sister's death from renal cancer. Mingled with expressions of grief...
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There is no pain that can compare to a parent's loss of their child. Hopelessness, heartbreak, pain, the worst nightmare, and darkness surround you. How can you breathe? How can you pick yourself back up? How can you get through each day?
I know how you feel, and I feel your pain. I lost my son four days before his twentieth birthday. I had no clue where to turn, what to do, or how I would even be able to pick myself back up. I have to share with...
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This book have the finality to share some tought and point of view, not really common written now a day neither before, most of them in a perspective that are presented to the reader to find his/her own position, reason why I'm not going to make much references to others people opinion, beside that the reader must have the responsibility, that nowaday is mandatory, to investigate what is the true, but as a vast majority of the population, that is...
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"It's not like they're family."Sound familiar? If you're grieving the death of a friend, you've probably heard that from people who just don't get it. And if it made you angry, well, you're not alone.In the first of a series on grieving the death of a friend, Friend Grief and Anger: When Your Friend Dies and No One Gives a Damn, you'll meet people who also struggled with anger after their friend died. And they'll help you answer the question,"Okay,...
1367) Remember the Moon
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"Watching myself die, I felt no pain, no emotion, no fear."
So begins this remarkable novel by Abigail Carter, whose critically acclaimed The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow's Transformation was called "Eloquent and honest" by the Toronto Globe and Mail. Fans of The Lovely Bones and The Alchemist will appreciate Remember The Moon as a beautifully written, inspiring story of everlasting love that reaches far beyond the grave.
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Dealing with grief in a practical manner, this guide offers compassionate tips for those affected by a traumatic death. Included are topics such as coping with family stress, expressing feelings of hurt and anger, dealing with hurtful comments, and exploring feelings of guilt. Each of the 100 suggestions is aimed at reducing the confusion, anxiety, and huge personal void in order to help survivors begin their lives again. Some of the tips include...
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"As I sat in prayer, through tears and anguish and bitterness of soul, He was with me. He too will be with You if You acknowledge Jesus as Your Savior. This story is God's story. He is the author of my life and though I would like to choose to write things differently, I trust Him."
Christian, My Son takes you through the journey of one woman's immense grieving over the loss of her only son, Christian, and everything that God spoke to her during...
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Life After Losing a Child is dedicated to my son, Antonio Smith-Scott (May 23, 1992—March 5, 2013) and in honor of my mother, Flora Scott (August 25, 1949—January 3, 2020), who birthed eight children and lost six before her own death.
Life After Losing a Child is based on my own experiences-from a mother's perspective losing a child, from a sibling's perspective losing brothers in early childhood, how the death of my brothers affected my parents...
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A compassionate resource for friends, parents, relatives, teachers, volunteers, and caregivers, this series offers suggestions to help the grieving cope with the loss of a loved one. Often people do not know what to say-or what not to say-to someone they know who is mourning; this series teaches that the most important thing a person can do is listen, have compassion, be there for support, and do something helpful. This volume addresses what to expect...
1372) All The Way Home
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Nothing is closer than the bond between twins. But what happens when you lose your other half? Sharon is a third year medical student at Harvard who is barely able to keep her life together, familial tensions aside. When her anchor, her twin brother Jared, is suddenly ripped away, she finds herself adrift, forcing herself to embark on a journey of healing and self-discovery. As she makes her way back to her hometown, Sharon finds herself confronted...
1373) Days of Elijah
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Matthew Partain wanted a son, someone to carry on the family name, to be as good of a man as his father and grandfather. He desired to pass down the same love to his son that he had received from his parents. Little did he know, the extent he would have to do just that.
His first child, Maddie, is a girl, whom he and his wife adore. However, the second child was a boy. Matt had high hopes for his relationship with his son-working on cars, playing...
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Shattered explores how grief-avoidance strategies can keep us from fighting the battle to reclaim and reinvest our hearts after loss, and what faith-based strategies are necessary for healing. Too many people today are suffering from the catastrophic effects of loss. This year, three million people will die from diseases alone, leaving loved ones grieving, not to mention millions more affected by divorce, suicide, the rise of mental health disorders,...
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Many people have told us that we should write a book, specifically speaking of the miracles, visions, dreams and messages God has given us personally and through our friends and family following our youngest daughter Christy's tragic auto accident and death at the age of 20. Including a visit by our daughter Christy from heaven, not to us but to a woman that walked away from her faith many years earlier. But God chose to give her 3 dreams, incredible...
1376) Grief Hurts God Heals
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Marge starts every morning at her kitchen table, looking at the beginning of the day, reflecting on the past and anticipating the future, and always relying on God for direction. Much of this she finds while writing her poetry. As of this date, she has written over two thousand poems covering her eighty-five years of life on our good earth. This is Marge's second published work, her first being a collection of childhood memories titled Moments with...
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Grief stricken by the brutal murder of her cousin and the tragic death of her nephew Amanda spirals into a deep depression. Emotionally bankrupt and having lost faith in God she manages to decide to seek therapy. During therapy Amanda uncovers issues deeply rooted in generational curses, compounded grief and emotional trauma. Determined to get her life back on track she's forced to confront her own demons and find a way out of the dark depression....
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Grief may be the most difficult "work" that we as human beings must do. When a loved one, especially a child, dies through suicide, the tasks involved in that journey require a different perspective.
Ronald Higdon shares with us his experience in Surviving A Son's Suicide. With loving but unapologetic candor, Pastor Higdon shares the questions and thoughts that often will continuously circle in our minds. He brings notes, book resources and inspired...
1379) Standing Lost
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When your heart is ripped open, the last thing you want to do is read.
I have lost two children. After both miscarriages, friends and family handed me several books. I didn't read any of them. I didn't want someone's how-to-heal tips. One thing I learned about grief-it's oftentimes lonely. You rest in that place of unyielding pain, feeling lost. The world continues to go on around you but you're cemented in place.
Every year, I encounter more and...
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Renowned author and educator Alan Wolfelt redefines the role of the grief counselor in this guide for caregivers. His new model for "companioning" the bereaved gives a viable alternative to the limitations of the medical establishment, encouraging counselors and other caregivers to aspire to a more compassionate philosophy. This approach argues that grief need no longer be defined, diagnosed, and treated as an illness but rather should be an acknowledgement...
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