Grieving With a Grateful Heart

by Lisa Irish, R. W. Alley (Illustrator)

Overview

Although each person’s needs and style of grieving is unique, there are universal themes that can help all of us. The invitation offered in this new Elf-help book reaches across individual ways of grieving to help you move toward healing. The wisdom of author Lisa Irish will help you cultivate a spirit of gratitude for your lost loved one, as you renew the bonds of love and discover that the love you shared will always endure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504035286
Publisher:	CareNotes
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Series:	Elf-help
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	86
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Lisa Irish, Med, MA, Bcc, brings personal and professional wisdom to the subject of grief. Her experience includes bereavement chaplain, public speaker, spiritual director, and retreat leader. An author, Lisa has written CareNotes, contributes to Open to Hope.com and distributes a monthly “Glimmer.” She can be contacted at www.lisairish.com.
 

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Grieving with a Grateful Heart

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By Lisa Irish, R. W. Alley

Abbey Press Publications

Copyright © 2016 Lisa Irish
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5040-3528-6

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CHAPTER 1

The overwhelming experience of grief can leave us brokenhearted and alone. Grief guides us toward healing as we learn to live again.

Our heart wanders through the day, seeking our loved one, but finding instead an aching absence.

Memories become sources of pain, reminders of what is missing.

Friends and family try to help. Often, their efforts just don't fit our needs.

Sometimes we get lost in the process of grieving. We lose touch with ourselves as well as our loved one.

This is the time to learn respect for grief and for your grieving heart. This is the time to trust grief's process of healing.

As we struggle with the loneliness and confusion of grief, consider gratitude as a source of healing.

Gratitude teaches our hearts while offering comfort and hope.

(Continues...)

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