Shattered

<p><strong>"A truly healing book." - Glen Lord President The Compassionate Friends</strong></p><p><strong>Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Heartbreaking. </strong>Whatever words we choose they all fall far short of the reality. The loss of a child is a terrible thing.</p><p>Accidents. Disease. Suicide. School shootings. Murder. Natural disasters. War. No matter how or when the death of a child (no matter what age) can shatter the heart.</p><p><strong>How do you survive this? Can you?</strong></p><p><em><strong>Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child</strong></em> was written to help.</p><p>Bestselling author hospice chaplain and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give us this heartfelt easy-to-read and intensely practical book. In <em><strong>Shattered</strong></em> Roe walks the reader through the powerful impact a child's death can have - emotionally mentally physically relationally and spiritually.</p><p><strong><em>Shattered</em></strong> unpacks the depth of this loss describing how...</p><ul> <li>Intense unpredictable emotions (sadness anger guilt anxiety fear depression) can hijack us at a moment's notice.</li> <li>Our minds spin. We can't concentrate. We forget things. It feels like we're going crazy.</li> <li>Our bodies get hit. Symptoms surface. Our health can be impacted. Illness can invade.</li> <li>Our souls feel crushed. Guilt shakes us. What we believe gets challenged.</li> <li>Our relationships change. Marriage family and friendships feel the impact.</li> <li>Our plans and dreams are shattered. The future has changed. We're in uncharted territory.</li></ul><p><em><strong>Yes the loss of a child affects everything.</strong></em></p><p>In <em><strong>Shattered</strong></em> you will discover how you can...</p><ul> <li>Deal with the volatile unpredictable emotions assaulting you.</li> <li>Manage the massive changes that are occurring in your life and routine.</li> <li>Move through feeling overwhelmed and begin to heal. </li> <li>Take care of yourself and your health amid all the challenges.</li> <li>Honor your child with how you grieve.</li> <li>Love those around you even with a broken heart.</li> <li>Navigate spiritual uncertainties and faith questions.</li> <li>Turn couple family and relational upheaval into personal growth.</li> <li>Support your other children in their grief and parent well through this.</li> <li>Find the people and resources you need to begin to recover.</li> <li>Decipher whether counseling or grief coaching would be beneficial for you.</li> <li>Live life as well as possible while in the midst of great pain.</li> <li>Make your child's life count in deep and powerful ways.</li></ul><p><em><strong>Shattered</strong></em> is not a magic pill. The death of a child cannot be fixed. But comfort compassion guidance and hope can be found in these pages.</p><p>If you are a grieving parent or grandparent this book was written for you.</p><p>We will never be the same but we can survive. And to some degree we can heal.<strong> </strong><em>Shattered </em>can help. </p><p>Open this book and let the healing continue.</p><p><strong><em>Shattered</em></strong> <strong>was a 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist. </strong></p>