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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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The Altar of the Dead Henry James - The Altar of the Dead is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be...
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Called "the best preacher in the family," by her father, Billy Graham, Anne Graham Lotz speaks around the globe with the wisdom and the authority of years spent studying God's Word. In her latest book, Anne shares her heart and God's teachings on the universal problem of suffering. Drawing her characteristically keen insights from the familiar story of Lazarus in the ninth and eleventh chapters of the Gospel of John, Anne offers Jesus' reassuring...
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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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Find fullness of joy during the holidays-especially for the brokenhearted. Divorce. Financial stress. Chronic illness. Losing a loved one. Experiencing any of these situations during the year is already difficult. But the holiday season, once joyful and happy, can heighten this pain even more. Author Bo Stern has spent the past two Christmases struggling to connect with the joy of the season. As she has watched her husband, Steve, struggle with terminal...
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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 light of how difficult it is just to survive the teenage years, the grieving process can be especially difficult and overwhelming for teenagers. This journal affirms the grieving teen's journey and offers gentle, healing guidance. In order to sort through their confusing feelings and thoughts, teens are prompted to explore simple, open-ended questions. Teens are encouraged to write what they miss about the person who died, the specific feelings...
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#1 The point of this conversation is to help you realize that you are the only one who can take you to the truth. You are the only one who can take you there, because the truth exists in only one place. So don't let anyone else tell you that you have found a way to wisdom.
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When their 19-year-old son was tragically, killed by a senseless act of gun violence, John and Regina faced the storm of a lifetime. Married for only three years they found themselves at a crossroad, experiencing the most unthinkable and unique pain that accompanies the loss of a child. This storm would test their love, marriage, and faith.
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#1 Grief is the experience and natural feelings that come with loss. Some deaths are traumatic when they are accompanied by exposure to the loved one's physical anguish, medical procedures, and suddenness. But it doesn't have to be that way.
#2 The most beautiful flower grows out of the mud. Our worst moments can be the seeds of our best moments. They have an amazing...
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For most people, the pain of loss dominates their experience of grief. Grief then becomes something to be avoided or completed as quickly as possible. In her new book, Lisa Irish presents grief as our "ally" in the Land of Loss and offers pathways and resources to navigate the confusing and challenging terrain. She explores "conscious grieving," as she gathers the wisdom of bereavement experts, spiritual leaders and everyday people walking their own...
14) The W Word
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In The "W" Word: One Woman's Journey TO & THROUGH Widowhood, author Jo Horne shares her intimate journey of love, loss, and self-discovery. When her husband of 40+ years passes away after a long illness, she finds herself navigating the unfamiliar territory of widowhood. From the bittersweet passage of her husband's last six months to the small victories of her first two years alone, she shares the ups and downs of her journey with unflinching honesty....
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Grief is the emotion experienced by discovery; death of a person; and loss of a place, thing, time, art, and music. The discovery pertains to extramarital affair; cheating in a relationship; and addictions to drugs, alcohol, gambling, pornography, wrong doing, etc. The loss of a person pertains to the relationship, i.e., friendship, dating, breakups, caregiver, divorce, and separation in the family. The loss of a place pertains to moving from a home...
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Do you love dogs and nature? Would you like to understand the soul energy of dogs on a conscious and higher soul level? Would you like to know what happens to dogs following their life on earth? Have you lost a special furry friend and found the grief immeasurable? Have you wondered how you will cope when your furry friend dies? Would you like to have an ongoing connection with your dog following his death? Would you like to improve your communication...
17) Grief and Trauma
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This book defines Trauma and Grief. The definitions include the stages of grief and the different types of both trauma and grief. Examples are given to help you better understand the meaning, understand that it is normal to feel certain emotions and to go through certain stages while experiencing a significant loss. A loss can be one of a loved one, a job or even a separation of a relationship. Not only does this book educate you on what grief and...
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#1 I became a rabbi because I wanted to help people, and I felt that being a rabbi was the best way to do that. I grew up in a Jewish ghetto in Minneapolis, and my childhood was filled with Yiddish, sour pickles, bagels, and smoked fish on Sunday mornings.
#2 I was 14 when I was arrested for stealing Bob Dylan albums, and I was sent to a Jewish summer camp in Wisconsin....
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Grief has been one of my best teachers. No one signs up for this process that will touch all of us at some time in our life.
After the death of my late husband of thirty years, I knew I was not exempt from the process and yet, if I had to go through it, I did not want to waste the pain. I quickly discovered that many people did not know much about the grief process or talk about it. I share in a transparent and down to earth way that is easy for...
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If there's one thing Clelia Pergola knows now for sure is that a strong value system is the foundation of a rich and productive life. Advocacy. Authenticity. Legacy. These principles are the foundation of her inner checklist and are the criteria that inform all her actions.
Being part of a family with strong ties, it would seem that these values have always been her tiller. And at some level, they were. But it wasn't until her cherished Nonna Lidia...
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