Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart

<p><strong>The unthinkable has happened.</strong></p><p>No matter how old your child was or how they died this loss is devastating. How are you going to survive this?</p><p>The world around you speeds on as if nothing happened. Stunned shocked sad confused and angry you blink in disbelief. Your heart is crushed. The pain is excruciating. You can barely breathe.</p><p>For you everything has changed. Everything.</p><p>What do you do? What <em>can</em> you do?</p><p>Multiple award-winning author hospice chaplain and grief counselor Gary Roe is a trusted voice who has been helping wounded grieving parents and grandparents find hope and healing for more than three decades. Written with heartfelt compassion this warm easy-to-read and practical book reads like a caring conversation with a close friend.</p><p><em>Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart</em> will meet you in your grief and walk with you there. Your shattered heart will resonate with these pages. Composed of brief chapters you will find yourself digesting bite-sized bits of comfort encouragement and healing over time. This book will become a comforting refreshing companion as you navigate the turbulent waters of intense grief.</p><p>In <em>Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart</em> you will discover how to...</p><ul> <li><p>Process all those complicated roller coaster emotions (sadness anger guilt fear confusion guilt anxiety depression feeling overwhelmed etc).</p></li> <li><p>Navigate all the relational changes and frustrations that occur including feeling alone misunderstood isolated and even rejected by those around you.</p></li> <li><p>Handle the ever-increasing stress load that keeps piling upon you.</p></li> <li><p>Deal with disturbing physical and mental health issues illnesses and new symptoms that often arise.</p></li> <li><p>Honor your child by taking care of yourself through diet hydration fitness and rest.</p></li> <li><p>Deal with your daunting list unrelenting ongoing responsibilities (work financial challenges parenting family activities etc.).</p></li> <li><p>Handle the intense loneliness that now resides in your heart and soul.</p></li></ul><p>You will also find hope in how to...</p><ul> <li><p>Think through tough challenging spiritual and faith questions.</p></li> <li><p>Relate well to the people around you - both those who are helpful and those who aren't.</p></li> <li><p>Overcome the tendency to run from emotional pain with unhealthy habits or compulsive behaviors.</p></li> <li><p>Deal well with triggers and grief bursts.</p></li> <li><p>Find the support you need for survival recovery and healing (safe people fellow grievers counseling etc.).</p></li> <li><p>Develop a simple realistic plan for birthdays anniversaries and holidays.</p></li> <li><p>Use your grief for good - for yourself your family and others.</p></li> <li><p>Allow this devastating loss to give you greater perspective and motivate you to live more effectively than ever before.</p></li> <li><p>Honor your child and make your life count one day one moment at a time.</p></li></ul><p>Please don’t grieve alone. Be kind to yourself. Take your heart seriously.</p><p>Let <em>Comfort for the Grieving Parent's Heart</em> join you on this confusing arduous and exhausting journey. You will be glad you did.</p><p>Read on. Comfort awaits you in these pages of this book.</p>