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"A beautifully written, breathtakingly honest, unsentimental, and profound memoir from one of the UK's most popular journalists. On a hot, still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead's life changed forever. Her four-year-old son was paddling peacefully at the water's edge when a wave pulled him out to sea. Her partner, Tony, swam out and saved their son's life--then drowned before her eyes. When Decca and Tony first met, a decade...
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This book is based on the true story of Jonathan Ned Cole, a deaf adopted son of Mary Carol Cole and Ned M Cole. Much of the story is factually about Jon's rather tragic life. Some of the story about his biological parents are works of my imagination. Jon never knew who his biological parents were. Other parts are dramatized to better portray who Jon was, a black, deaf boy raised in an all-white family. The last chapter is about Jon's time in Heaven...
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#1 Grief is like fear. It feels like being afraid, but for different reasons. It is difficult to take in what others say, and it is hard to want to take it in. It is so uninteresting. Yet I want the others to be about me.
#2 Marriage has done wonders for me. I can never again believe that religion is manufactured out of our unconscious, starved desires and is a...
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"For all those seeking to reclaim their innate and legal right to care for their own dead, create home funeral vigils, and choose greener after-death care options that are less toxic and more sustainable for the earth More natural after-death care options are transforming the paradigm of the existing funeral industry, helping families and communities recover their instinctive capacity to care for a loved one after death and do so in creative, nourishing,...
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"Ever since Tegan's father died while serving overseas, she's been numb. She quit the swim team, and without her best friend around to distract her, the weight of her father's death feels like it will crush her. Then one morning random letters are circled on her cereal box, letters which spell a name. Tegan doesn't know what to make of it, but tracks down that boy--only to witness him commit suicide. Tegan is devastated. But when she meets Edge,...
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Losing means grieving.
Grieving means choices.
Choices mean hurt or healing.
You've lost someone you love. Or you're on the brink of losing your marriage. Your dreams. Your health. Or perhaps the trauma of your past pursues you into the present.
Your life's going to change. Which way it goes won't be decided by your loss, but by the choices you make.
At the crossroads of grief, one road will lead to hope and healing. The other, to more hurt....
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For thirteen years, Elly has been in Kathy's shadow, always second best. Even so, the two of them understand each other as only sisters can. Jealousy, anger, and resentment give way to guilt when Kathy dies suddenly and Elly is left to ask, "Why did she have to die?"
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Feisty, thirteen-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the southern belles in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey, is driving her crazy with constant talk about her upcoming wedding. When a popular girl at school takes an interest in Megan's best friend, John-Paul,...
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In the tradition of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a book that explains the transformative power of suffering.
Most people understand that suffering and sorrow are inevitable parts of every life and that illness, death, or loss of a loved one are universal experiences, not retribution or a symptom of bad luck. But, few of us comprehend the ways in which suffering can give rise to growth.
In this sensitive and caring book, Kathleen Brehony...
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Divorciado y Asustado ¡No Más!: Apoyo emocional para los recién divorciados te provee con la motivación que necesitas pera librarte con seguridad del dolor y la traición de tu matrimonio fallido. Tasher habla desde su experiencia personal tras haber pasado a través de muchas etapas propias de las relaciones, como la negación de un matrimonio fallido, la expresividad necesaria para llegar a sanar, y permanecer emocionalmente estable. En esta...
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A suicide in the family...time stands still. For little while or a long while. Whereas the world whispers its regrets and then continues on, our body shuts down. At first, we measure time in breaths. We can't move, we can't eat, we can't think, we can't hear, we can't sleep. We feel desperate and disconnected. Disconnected from our loved one in the middle of a sentence. Disconnected from ourselves and our lives. We are in shock, and it may last for...
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The realization that people too often feel isolated in their world of serious chronic illness, this book describes a journey of discovery that will support people who need their voices to be heard. Insights and suggestions are offered for both the patient and their caregivers. It offers suggestions on how to build honest, dignified relationships cementing heart-to-heart friendships when they are most needed. Rather than feel awkward or unsure when...
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So often, the thought of death evokes our worst fears. We anticipate the opposite of anything we call living. Yet, something different happens when we invite death into the conversation. It enters a panoply of experience that includes gratitude, love, joy and wonder. Death reveals these gifts as often as tragedy and pain. By the bedside of the dying, we learn an intimacy that includes the entirety of the human experience. We open rather than fight...
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#1 I was willed into existence by my sister. I was designed to be just that for her-a sister to complete her duo, to make us whole. Kait was extremely determined and stubborn, and she never waited. She marched through each developmental milestone.
#2 My sister used to tell me fairytales, and I would listen quietly. When I was around four, I yelled out that I could hear them. The story...
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A life-limiting illness may have taken hold of your body, but you can still live more fully and openly than ever before. You can enrich your life by exploring ways to make peace with yourself and deepen connections with friends and family. This book will help you reap the benefits of mindfulness and acceptance, one day at a time. Leaves Falling Gently is a comforting guide to the mindfulness and compassion practices that will help you embrace the...
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#1 The way Charlotte was killed by a shooter in Newtown, Connecticut, generated a lot of media attention, which caused some people who were personally affected by the death of a child or loved one to feel helplessly exposed and vulnerable.
#2 Grief is often misunderstood, and cultural norms promote double standards that are often harmful to those grieving. Certain tragedies...
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Fighting Grief is a ground breaking guide that challenges you to change your perspective on how you view the process of grief. This book will help you heal the open wounds that remain and it will empower you to choose a more fulfilling life. Deirdre-Michele wrote this book in honor of her father who she buried two days before her thirteenth birthday. Almost twenty years later, she has created five break through principles that will help you through...
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When the car slowed down unexpectedly, I looked over. Diana was having a seizure. Our relationship was going through a tough time, but when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, we learned to love each other once again. I worked with hospice and our physicians to do everything that was best for her, and after she died, those of us left behind had to heal. I wrote this book, and it allowed me to move on with my life, something I am sure she would have...
19) Summary of Ryan Casey Waller's Depression, Anxiety, and Other Things We Don't Want to Talk About
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#1 The circumstances that bring mental illness to light are often a surprise to everyone involved. Sometimes it's a friend or loved one, or perhaps someone you respected and admired from afar, who you never imagined to be struggling.
#2 We must be honest with ourselves about what's going on in our hearts and minds, because getting honest with ourselves is a difficult...
20) Widowpedia
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A fictionalized version of the author's "Act Two" which she wrote after her husband of over forty years died. She shares information, ideas and advice about coping with the death of a spouse, living and going out alone, paying bills, connecting with friends. dipping a toe into Internet dating and learning that it is possible to be happy again. The book includes several "widowisms", little sayings like "fake it till you make it" and 'Don't give...
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