Table of Contents
Joy in My Life 7
1 The Disruption of Our Life Together 11
2 The Onslaught of Grief 15
3 Time and Your Future 17
4 Am I Normal? 20
5 The Other Anniversaries 27
6 Caution-Fragile 30
7 Losses 33
8 Why? 38
9 Why Grief? 41
10 Empty 44
11 No Longer Here 46
12 Alive in Your Memory 48
13 A New Relationship 51
14 Never Enough 55
15 What You Remember 59
16 You're Still Alive 62
17 Memories of Days Past 65
18 Changing "We" to "I" 69
19 What Your Loved One Wore 70
20 Reasons for Grief 74
21 Feelings of Grief 78
22 Anger 80
23 Angry at Whom? 82
24 A Closer Look at Anger 85
25 Fears 88
26 Depression and Grief 91
27 Avoiding Pain 94
28 I Believe 97
29 Relearning Your Life 101
30 Not Quite Myself 105
31 The Choice of Recovery 110
32 A Look at Me 113
33 The Gift of Writing 114
34 Expressions of Grief 119
35 When You Seem Stuck 123
36 Unresolved Grief 126
37 The Last Time We Were Together 130
38 The Struggle of Grief 132
39 Take Time 135
40 Moving On 138
41 Making Amends 141
42 Letting Go 144
43 Fighting Your Grief 146
44 Helping Others Help You 149
45 Remembrance 154
46 Surprises from God 156
47 What I'd Like to Say 158
48 Caregiver-A Privilege 161
49 Anticipatory Grieving 165
50 Wondering 168
51 Who Am I Now? 170
52 The Importance of Goodbye 172
53 Saying Goodbye 175
54 Transitions 179
Personal Stories of Grief Recovery
I Don't Understand 185
Surprised by Grief 187
Rebuilding the Egg 190
Grief Recovery Evaluation 195
Notes 201