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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief |  | Author: Martha W. Hickman
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  173 reviews
Sales Rank: 1686
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6 x 4 x 1
ISBN: 0380773384
Dewey Decimal Number: 242.4
EAN: 9780380773381
ASIN: 0380773384
Publication Date: March 1, 1999
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For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are strength and thoughtful words to inspire and comfort.
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Tiny shafts of light in the darkness... August 13, 2003
Lorelee Christensen (Tri-Cities, Washington State)
174 out of 176 found this review helpful
"Healing After Loss" was given to me after the sudden and unexpected death of our 14 year old son in March. The loss is so terrible and unimagined. We have struggled to go through each day without our only child, our wonderful son.
The friend who gave me the book had lost both her parents and her maternal grandparents within a 10 year span. She actually brought over her own dog-eared copy saying that I needed it now and she didn't have time to get a new one. Since then I have ordered my own as well as copies for my parents, Aunts and Uncles and friends.
This book has incredibly insight, hope, understanding and some new ideas delivered in small doses (the tiny shafts of light in the darkness). Since concentration levels are so affected during grieving, the one page entries are easy to read or skip, if you need a one that will more fit your moment. With grief, at least for me, it seems like my mood and outlook can change so much within a couple days - this book fills many needs.
Although my husband hasn't read it like I have, I will now and again give him a page to read that is particularly insightful for us at that moment and it can, however briefly, help him as well.
At first I read what ever I turned to when I opened it, then I read all the dates that were significant to me, now I am reading it like a daily diary. Last week I was talking to my friend, she has a copy, and although she listened she didn't feel she had an answer for me. Later, she called back giving me a page in the book to read - it was so completely accurate for that moment and feeling - I felt a bit of strength after reading the page.
I cannot say enough about the author and her grace, strength and ability to comfort. She wrote another very small book called "I Will Not Leave You Desolate" that I would recommend as well.
If you are purchasing this for yourself, I am so sorry for your loss - I know something of the dark, sad and surreal world that appears without the one you loved. I hope this book can be of some comfort to you as it was for me. Of course this is only one tiny shaft of light in the darkness, but I am grateful for each one. If you are getting it for a friend or family member, bless you and your efforts to be there.
This book is a Godsend since I lost my husband two years ago May 4, 1999
40 out of 42 found this review helpful
I was dealing with the devastation and loss of my husband after a fight with the evil cancer. I did not want to live. My whole life changed and I would have done anything to have him back. But, I kept living and I couldn't get him back no matter what. This book has had a profound affect in helping me deal with and get through this painful phase called grieving. The writings of 365 different people and days describes so effectively the feelings and reality of what grief is. I still read it daily. So many of the comparisons hit home. I have bought it for two friends who have recently lost loved ones. I highly recommend it to any grieving person who needs to understand the emotional and painful process they are going through. You aren't alone.
Working Through Grief Daily April 9, 2005
Louise C. Stone (Sunland, CA)
35 out of 37 found this review helpful
Is anyone ever ready to lose a love one -- no matter the age or devastation of illness? I know I was not. My husband was and still is a most important person in my life. I felt totally disconnected when he died and still struggle with it daily. If not for this wonderful book of daily meditations, there are days when getting out of bed would have been more than I could do. 6 months after Jack's death, I am now able to occasionally notice the lovely blue sky, hear the birds signing, and feel the sun on my face. My grief therapy is only effective in the slow healing of this grievous wound in my soul with the daily reminders in this compilation by Hickman and being encouraged to recall the wonderfulness of Jack, my husband, my best friend, my life love.
I'm not alone when I'm with Healing After Loss October 26, 2003
Jane W. Jones (Pennsylvania)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
My husband of only 19 yrs. died 10 days after a work-related accident. We had no children and the house is so unbelieveably empty. People don't know what to say so they say nothing and leave me grieving alone. Someone gave me her copy of Healing After Loss saying she needed it back when I was thru with it. I had it only a few days when I knew I had to have my own copy. Ms. Hickman is able to identify my feelings and console me thru her words. Her short, but to-the-point, reflections of pain and unbearable loss recognize and validate what I am experiencing and incorporate, without any pressure to 'get over it' quickly, a gentle support like an arm around my shoulders holding me together until I can support myself. Anyone searching for 'the right words' to say to a grief stricken friend or relative should not hesitate to get this small book of special wisdom for their use and that of the bereaved.
This book is a Godsend November 3, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
My father passed away recently - and very suddenly at age 54. Our family is very close, and this loss has been devastating for us. The one thing, besides each other, that has been holding us together is this book. My sister, mother, and I take turns reading the passages aloud - sometimes a few times a day - and it seems as though the words are speaking to exactly what we are feeling. I would highly recommend this book for anyone going through the loss of a loved one. Thank you, Martha, for compiling these words for us.
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