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The Collision of Grief and Gratitude

Author : Rosanne Liesveld
Publisher : Illuminatio Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998861014

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Day 209And so each day goes; the grief and the gratitude fighting for the bigger spot in my heart. The tug of war between these emotions exhausts me most days. If you see me in the grief mode, you'll think I'm a wreck. But if you see me in gratitude mode, you'll think I'm doing well. Neither is 100 percent true. I am what I am most days, leaning toward finding more gratitude than grief as the days turn into weeks and the weeks into months. After the unexpected death of her husband, Rosanne Liesveld felt a desperate need to communicate gratitude to those who helped her through the shock that death left in its wake. The day of Curt's funeral, Rosanne wrote a Facebook post expressing how, in the midst of profound grief, she found a space in her heart for gratitude. The next day, she wrote another post; then another.Rosanne's daily posts throughout her first year of widowhood attracted hundreds to follow along on her journey. Her words inspired those who were not only grieving in some way, but those who wanted to build stronger relationships or live life with more intention and gratitude. It was messy. It was raw. And it was healing. Rosanne's posts have been compiled into this 366-day journey and are accompanied by beautiful photos taken by Curt.

My Journey Through Grief to Gratitude

Author : Graham Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645167703

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My Journey Through Grief to Gratitude by Graham Roberts Pdf

A diary of my grief journey following the death of my wife

Gratitude in Grief

Author : Kelly S. Buckley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543153976

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Gratitude in Grief by Kelly S. Buckley Pdf

Gratitude In Grief chronicles a mother's journey into the unimaginable-the death of her son. This is a personal journal of reflection in the days following the death, and the unexpected approach she took in dealing with her grief that changed her forever. To the surprise of many, this mother made a choice to look for "one little thing" to be thankful for each day while coping with her loss. She survived by cataloguing every small blessing she saw-from feeling grateful for her relationship with God to being thankful that she had a few hours alone to fall apart and grieve. Each blessing was a message that hope is never lost and love never dies. This daily gratitude changed the process of her grief, but also sparked a reflection on life, purpose, and faith that has changed the author forever. By documenting the events surrounding her son's death in the days and months afterward, Kelly Buckley gives readers a firsthand glimpse at the unbreakable bonds of love, the power of gratitude and the freedom that purpose in your life grants you. Through heartache and humor it provides hope and a nontraditional path through grief for those suffering loss in their own lives. An absolute read for anyone experiencing loss and a wake-up call for others to be present in your life, to listen to your inner voice, and to live your life to the fullest. In Gratitude in Grief, Buckley poetically shares her journey with readers, chronicling the challenges and the setbacks, as well as the moments of grace she found in the midst of grief. Her book will reassure others that they don't have to be alone in their pain and set them on the path to healing.

Grief is only Suppressed Gratitude

Author : Danielle Kean-Grassi
Publisher : The Unapologetic Voice House
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781734569360

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Grief is only Suppressed Gratitude by Danielle Kean-Grassi Pdf

Grief is Only Suppressed Gratitude tells the empowering story of a young woman who finds her way into unconditional self-love and strength. The moment Danielle’s life turns upside down, she realizes that there is loving benevolence that can only be experienced when she chooses to embrace the hidden beauty behind her deepest fear. Even more, Danielle discovers something that she never expected to find.... There is soul-shifting, life-changing gratitude deep within the heart of profound grief. "This story is poignant, profound and a powerful journey back to self-love." Laura Jackson Loo "A deep and profound mother-daughter story bejeweled with inspirational compassion and love." Johanna Gardner "Reading the Journey of a mother and daughter’s love, adventure, heartbreak and eventually peace was inspiring. I laughed, cried, felt connected while reading and didn’t want to the book to end. Reading this was a true pleasure." Brooke Teeter Grief is Only Suppressed Gratitude is a self help memoir anyone moving through grief will relate to. This story helps readers transform grief into a source of unlimited power.

Thanks for the Dance: Transforming Grief into Gratitude When Your Spouse Dies

Author : Fred Abrams,Jeri Abrams;
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490808086

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Thanks for the Dance: Transforming Grief into Gratitude When Your Spouse Dies by Fred Abrams,Jeri Abrams; Pdf

Your spouses death catapults you into a nightmare -likely the most stressful event of our life. You feel numb, loneliness overwhelms you, you feel adrift - desperate for something to hang onto. You want to pull the covers up over your head and make this all go away. The pain and suffering seem unbearable. You search for some magic answer or formula to make things all better. Fred and Jeri are two ordinary folks who have both been there and found a pathway they hope will help you find your way too. Pain is Inevitable - Suffering is Optional -Buddhist Proverb Nothing will make the pain of this loss magically go away. You can reduce the suffering. Fred and Jeri offer numerous suggestions for dealing with the things we all experience, several unique exercises to help you figure out important feelings and emotions, and many inspirational quotations. They talk about things seen in no other book. They made it though this nightmare and so can you! I had no expectation of finding the book so engaging and so on point. George Devine, widower Your book is a kind and generous action to help others during one of the hardest times in a life. Thanks for caring enough to share light when others are in the dark. Fred Dudding, widower Like a personal support group, helps through the pain of loss and charting a course for those who have loved and lost. An essential guide that offers hope and guidance to those who are grieving. A truly wonderful way to reframe the dark days of hopelessness that follow the death of a partner! And what a gift this roadmap to rebuilding a life this can be for the partner! Judy Seifer, Ph.D. Professional Marital and Family Therapist Very MovingToby Talbot, Best Selling Author

Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude

Author : Kris Francoeur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1642791814

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Of Grief, Garlic and Gratitude by Kris Francoeur Pdf

Shares a mother's journey from the first crushing days of her son's death from overdose to her eventually being able to find light, joy, and hope again.

Rebecca

Author : Robert A. Jonas
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0824515528

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Rebecca by Robert A. Jonas Pdf

This is the story of the birth, so-short life, and death of Rebecca, the baby daughter of Robert and Margaret Jonas. After months of anticipation, she flashed through their lives like a comet and was gone. As Henri Nouwen says in his foreword, "It is a book about grief, but also about gratitude; about anger, but also about hope; about fear, but also about love; about loss but also about gain; about powerlessness, but also about power; about time, but also about eternity. It is a book about hospital rooms, but also about the universe. It is a book about being human, but also about being divine".

Walking through the Valley of Tears

Author : Buddy McElhannon
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490826875

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Silence is like a burglar alarm that won't turn off. Grief must like silence; the mere whisper of a cry or hint of a tear and Grief makes its presence known. Silence is a megaphone for Grief. A constant that is a deafening reminder of what I am missing. Yet, I find at times it also promotes a quietness with my Lord. Somehow I need to find a way to cherish the solitude in a positive way. "Proving once again that God's light is brightest when our hour is darkest, Walking through the Valley of Tears is one man's surprising discovery of unending grace at his time of greatest grief. This is a must read for anyone experiencing loss or needing affirmation of God's limitless love." -Rosemary Clair, author of Heir of Earth "When your body is exhausted and your soul is parched, you can find unexpected comfort, nurture, rest, and renewal in the darkness of the valley. Buddy McElhannon reminds us that resources are abundant in the valley as the living water pours forth through tears and grief gives way to the riches only heartache can cultivate. Heartwarming, honest, and hopeful, Buddy gently invites us all to journey together with Christ through the depths of the valley and introduces us to good soil, calm water, and the protected canopy that God provides so we can once again shout with joy from the mountaintop. I promise that Buddy will be a helpful guide as you find strength in weakness, hope in despair, and joy in journey while Walking through the Valley of Tears." -Reverend Catherine Boothe, United Methodist minister and former hospital chaplain

I Choose to Give Thanks!

Author : Chinyere Almona
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1973695936

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I Choose to Give Thanks! by Chinyere Almona Pdf

Grieving, especially the loss of a loved one, is a complicated and personal matter. Though we all feel grief, no two people experience it in the same way, even for the same person. This makes any consideration of the topic, both delicate and challenging. I Choose to Give Thanks approaches grief by expanding on 1 Thessalonians 5:18: "In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (KJV). Author Dr. Chinyere Almona shares reflections on developing and leveraging an attitude of gratitude during a period of grief. In the roller coaster of emotions that emerged in the wake of the sudden loss of her mother, she discovered that thanksgiving could serve as a useful tool in the face of loss. Chinyere chronicles the route she took in her ongoing journey from the depths of sorrow to the heights of thanksgiving-a transition that, although difficult, can yield significant benefits. This personal narrative and guide for those dealing with grief hold that thanksgiving can offer great comfort and consolation in the midst of deep sorrow.

Sisters from Different Misters

Author : Iris J. Sarro Ph.D.
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982227340

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Sisters from Different Misters by Iris J. Sarro Ph.D. Pdf

It started with a simple moment, much the way life experiences occur. The author and a lifelong friend were in a jewelry store following the death of the author’s husband. An acquaintance said to the two women, “Are you sisters?” The author responded, “We are lifelong friends because of our husbands, who were brothers from different mothers since their early university days in the fraternity house.” The acquaintance immediately responded, “That makes you sisters from different misters!” In that moment, the image of this story was created. The two women left the jewelry store chatting about their lifelong relationship, including the laughter and the tears and the idea that they were really sisters from different misters. Leaving the store, the author commented, “Perhaps this lifelong relationship is worth writing about.” Another woman, overhearing their conversation, said, “I’d like to read that book.” And the idea of putting this down in print was born. Telling the story has enriched the life of the author and hopefully will enrich the life of its readers.

Lost & Found

Author : Kathryn Schulz
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781529000535

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'Extraordinary . . . a profound and beautiful book . . . a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love . . . Witty, wise, beautifully structured and written in clear, singing prose' – Sunday Times Eighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s beloved father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the stories of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of how all our lives are shaped by loss and discovery - from the maddening disappearance of everyday objects to the sweeping devastations of war, pandemic, and natural disaster; from finding new planets to falling in love. Three very different American families form the heart of Lost & Found: the one that made Schulz’s father, a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee; the one that made her partner, an equally brilliant farmer’s daughter and devout Christian; and the one she herself makes through marriage. But Schulz is also attentive to other, more universal kinds of conjunction: how private happiness can coexist with global catastrophe, how we get irritated with those we adore, how love and loss are themselves unavoidably inseparable. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering - a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief. A staff writer at the New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kathryn Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Crafted with the emotional clarity of C. S. Lewis and the intellectual force of Susan Sontag, Lost & Found is an uncommon book about common experiences. 'An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.' – Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk

Singing Beyond Sorrow

Author : Carole Marie Downing
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 1512209511

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Singing Beyond Sorrow is Carole Downing's story of finding a way to embrace life after the unexpected and unimaginable death of her husband from cancer. Written in a journal style, the book chronicles her ups and downs, the "firsts" without her husband, the parenting of their six-year-old son, and the sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, conflicts between a young widow picking up the pieces of her life and a world that would rather close its eyes to death and bereavement. While working through her grief, Carole discovered the gift of finding gratitude in each day, no matter how small: her son's laughter, the generosity of a stranger, or the simple beauty of a field of poppies. She came to understand that even amidst the raw pain of loss, the preciousness of life was present when seen through the lens of gratitude. As a former hospice nurse and bereavement volunteer, Carole's unique blending of professional experience with her personal story sheds light on the often hidden process of grief. Her book can help the newly bereaved on their path of healing, while also offering us all an opportunity to see moments of grace in our everyday lives.

Grace Street

Author : Maureen Callahan Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1953253008

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When a diagnosis of cancer upends her sister's life, the family has to map the way forward through the unknown. In the end, it's a path they seem to know by heart.

Analog Christian

Author : Jay Y. Kim
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514003176

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The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction—Christian Living Outreach Resource of the Year The digital age is in the business of commodifying our attention. The technologies of our day are determined to keep us scrolling and swiping at all costs, plugged into a feedback loop of impatience, comparison, outrage, and contempt. Blind to the dangers, we enjoy its temporary pleasures, unaware of the damage to our souls. Jay Kim's Analog Church explored the ways the digital age and its values affect the life of the church. In Analog Christian, he asks the same question of Christian discipleship. As the digital age inclines us to discontentment, fragility, and foolishness, how are followers of Jesus to respond? What is the theological basis for living in creative resistance to the forces of our day? How can Christians cultivate the contentment, resilience, and wisdom to not only survive but to thrive as we navigate the specific challenges of our age?

Overcoming Deepest Grief, a Woman's Journey

Author : Mary Farkas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798753904539

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A powerful, inspirational, intimate and deeply moving recounting of how a Lesbian widow overcame the loss of her wife, dearest sister, and two dear friends in a short span of time. Taking Aviyah's journey from sorrow to joy will move your heart, mind, and soul. From book: How Do You Talk To A Dying One And I asked if she had forgiven herself, of everything, of nothing, of the specific thing, of the little and big things that we all regret and don't let go sometimes till it's too late. And I asked if she had forgiven the others, of everything, of the specific thing, of the little and big things the too human thing, the most inhuman things that were done to her. I could not settle asking about the weather, what she ate, the particulars of how her body feels the specifics of her day. I had to ask the thing I would want asked of me as I ready my soul for dying as I grapple with my soul for living.