Imagine the loss of a loved one you hold dear to you. Now imagine the loss was your child. Many parents are suffering in silence. Letisha's life came crashing down around her in 2001. Her son Jordan died and her life spun out of control. It was doubtful that she would ever be able to move past the excruciating devastation that left a hole in her heart that belonged to her son. Letters to Jordan: Finding Hope After the Loss of A Child is a detailed account of the grief she experienced and how she was able to rise out of it. After many years of darkness and chaos she was able to find a measure of peace. She found hope and restoration through GOD.
Letters To Jordan: A Mother's Journey Through Grief is Letisha Galloway's tribute and collection of letters written to her son Jordan, years following his unexpected passing. Imagine the loss of a loved one you hold dear to you. Now imagine losing your child. Letisha's world crumbled in 2001 when her precious baby Jordan passed. Though she has faced difficulty moving beyond this tragedy and excruciating devastation, Letisha has been able to write about her experience, invoking hope and restoration for others, as well as herself and family. This is the second edition of this precious dedication which includes numerous letters of hope and encouragement, initiated by overwhelming emotions of grief and loss, written for Jordan but shared for mothers who are unsure of how to cope with the loss of a child. Letters to Jordan is emotional; yet witty, funny, and inspiring as Letisha pens her words to encourage other mothers who have experienced grief associated with the loss of a child. Follow the healing and emotional journey of Letisha's words as she imparts wisdom through these pages and shares the love of her son with the world.
This book was born from a heart that has been broken by the loss of two of Clara Hinton's sons. It is her belief that hearts broken by the loss of a child will always have a void, and there will forever be a longing ache for the child that is no longer here. But, we can and must learn to live in our brokenness. Deep within our hearts are seeds of hope. When we nurture those seeds we will learn how to see life with eyes of love once again. It is Clara's sincere hope and prayer that as you read Child Loss: The Heartbreak and the Hope your heart will be warmed and you will be able to see life from a new perspective that moves far beyond the heartbreak of child loss into the light of hope. She wants to thank you for walking through this journey of loss with her. As we rewrite our story from within our brokenness, may our story be one of courage and hope! This book is a must-have for anyone who has experienced the loss of a child. It is a practical guide for reentering life after loss and will most assuredly plant seeds of hope within your broken heart.
In this user friendly format, learn how children's grief differs from that of adults and how to support your grieving child or teen after the death of a parent, sibling, or family member.
Whether a death is sudden or anticipated, losing a loved one shakes us to our very core, destroying our belief in a just, safe, and predictable world. Grief often changes us quickly both physically and mentally. It is like being kidnapped and suddenly transported to a foreign land without luggage, a passport, or the language to make sense of what's happening. Even if you have a road map for getting through the pain and anguish, you still have to take the trip. The purpose of this book is to help you find threads of hope that will assist your recovery and help you carry on. By sharing inspirational stories, personal experiences, and professional advice from contributors to theOpen to Hope website, we trust that you will be comforted and inspired by learning how others dealt with their losses, what they saw as roadblocks, and how they handled them as well as what it has taken for them to not only survive, but thrive. We want to help you resume leading the life that you were meant to live--a life of satisfaction and one driven by a belief in your own personal power for change.
A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual. And yet there are very few professional resources that provide the necessary background, research, and tools to effectively work with the survivors. This edited volume addresses the need for an up-to-date, professionally oriented summary of the clinical and research literature on the impact of suicide bereavement on survivors.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
“There is no one and nothing that can break the bond between a mother and her sons!” These are the words that Phil brought to me in the middle of the night. It will never cease to amaze me how my son still communicates from the other side. It’s as if he knows just what I need, when I need it. If you’ve ever felt a heart ache so intense that you thought your heart may just fly right out of your chest…If you’ve ever known grief so unimaginable that your mind can’t comprehend what’s happening…If you’ve ever known the unexplainable pain of losing a child…Then you know the longing to talk to them, to see them, to hug them, just one more time… Are you receiving signs, messages and dream visits from your child? What are they trying to tell you? Is there really life after death? Do our souls really continue on? Perhaps, some of these questions and more will be answered for you here; in this is true story of one mother’s journey through the most intense pain any parent has ever had to endure…It’s a journey through self-discovery, strength and courage. The courage to live life, when the most unimaginable loss has happened.
