Shattered

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A truly healing book. - Glen Lord President The Compassionate Friends</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Unthinkable. Unbelievable. Heartbreaking. </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Whatever words we choose they all fall far short of the reality. The loss of a child is a terrible thing.</span></p><p><br></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><br></p><p>How do you survive this? Can you?</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Shattered: Surviving the Loss of a Child</em></strong> was written to help.</p><p><br></p><p>Bestselling author hospice chaplain and grief specialist Gary Roe uses his three decades of experience interacting with grieving parents to give you this heartfelt easy-to-read and intensely practical book. In <strong><em>Shattered</em></strong> Roe walks the reader through the powerful impact a child's death has - emotionally mentally physically relationally and spiritually.</p><p><br></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 friendships and workplaces feel the impact.</li><li>Our plans and dreams are shattered. We're now in uncharted territory.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Yes the loss of a child affects everything.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>In <strong><em>Shattered</em></strong><em></em> you will learn 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 pain and faith questions. </li><li>Turn couple family and relational changes into personal growth. </li><li>Support your other children in their grief and parent them well. </li><li>Find the people and resources you need to begin to recover. </li><li>Discover whether counseling would be beneficial for you.</li><li>Live life as well as possible while in great pain.</li><li>Make your child's life count in deep and powerful ways.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you're a grieving parent or grandparent this book was written for you. </p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Shattered</em></strong> 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><br></p><p><strong>You will never be the same but you can survive. And to some degree you can heal. <em>Shattered</em> can help. </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Open this book and let the healing continue.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Shattered</em> was honored as a 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist</strong></p>