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Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp counselor for young kids with cancer-the same camp she and her best friend Sandy had attended. Now Sandy is gone. Can Dawn handle the memories? How can she help the kids if she is still hurting so much?
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It is not polite conversation to bring up death at weddings and dinner parties. So how do you authentically navigate soul-crushing, bone-crumbling, heart-wrenching, asphyxiating grief? You cannot alchemize what you are unwilling to face. So treat this poetry collection like a melancholic music playlist when you are in a place to feel all the feelings that come with someone you love dying. It's written through the lens of losing a child, but with...
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"Con la Palabra que ilumina cada día y que encuentra su anclaje en lo cotidiano de quienes vivimos en 'la maraña de los ruidos y mentiras de este mundo', monseñor Fernández no deja ningún tema sin abordar y profundizar".
"Como un experto en el corazón humano, se zambulle en la vida y hace de cada meditación un canto delicioso de leer y de guardar en el corazón para hacerlo vida fecunda y compartida".
"Luego de cumplirse quince años de la...
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Being a mission-driven leader is hard. Being a mission-driven leader who knows how to navigate the emotions of loss and grief connected to leadership is harder still. It takes a vulnerable leader to lead well--one who has faced into their own losses and can let those losses equip their character for God's greater plans. Not all leaders are willing. Not all leaders are able. Yet, according to David Woolverton, leaders' vulnerability to the emotional...
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En tiempos de profundo dolor y decepción, podría cuestionarse todo lo que creemos.
En este libro que cambia paradigmas, Nancy Guthrie invita con gentileza a los lectores a acercarse con ella para escuchar a Jesús traer revelación y entendimiento a las preguntas que permanecen sobre las penas de la vida:
• ¿Cómo estuvo Dios involucrado en esto? y ¿Por qué permitió que ocurriera?
• ¿Por qué no ha contestado Dios mis oraciones por un...
10) Patience
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Have you been alive for the past few years? You may remember the g l o b a l p a n d e m i c and also want to think about it in the form of free verse poetry written by a very tired EMT in the Pacific Northwest. These poems were composed to capture life as it turned a particular series of corners. None of them are formally structured in any particular way because I don't have an MFA and lack discipline, although I make up for it at the gym. Some...
11) Song for Sarah
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More a diary than a manual on handling grief, D'Arcy's collection of letters written before and after the loss of her daughter reflects upon her search for strength and hope through years of anguish. With a combination of profound reflection and sincere stories, these letters express how the deepest sorrow can be transformed into a unique sense of comfort and peace. Filled with practical yet literary writing, this collection reveals the discovery...
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Every individual will suffer the loss of a loved one. Although there is universality in loss, every person will feel loss in a unique way, as the bereaved's personality, culture, and relationship to the loved one; the circumstances of the death, and even how the bereaved views the concept of death will affect the trajectory of the grief journey. The devastating loss of a loved one will shake the life foundations of those left behind as they are forced...
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Muerte y Vida, Cartas para Sanar el Alma, relata las reflexiones personales de una mujer que a los 49 años de edad enviuda de manera inesperada y violenta, quedando sola y con su proyecto de vida destruido. Ella y su esposo vivían solos, no pudieron tener hijos y sus familias estaban a más de 1.500 km de distancia. Tenían un matrimonio feliz y bien constituido. Eran felices y se proyectaban así hasta la ancianidad. De forma completamente inesperada,...
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Scott Drummond comparte su increíble experiencia cercana a la muerte (ECM) de lo que sintió y vio cuando fue declarado muerto durante 45 minutos. Es un momento muy personal y tierno en su vida, un momento que cambió drásticamente el resto de su vida para siempre. Ha decidido compartir esta historia ahora debido a la disminución de la esperanza de vida como resultado del aumento de las guerras y las enfermedades pandémicas en todo el mundo ....
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The unthinkable has happened. Painful. Crushing. Traumatic. Confusing. Complicated. No chance to say goodbye. No final embrace, kiss, or touch. No opportunity to clear the air, ask and give forgiveness, or make amends.A life gone.The tsunami has come, and now you're left standing amid the aftermath. What do you do?Reach out and grab the hand of multiple award-winning author and grief counselor Gary Roe. Let him walk with you through this uncharted,...
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An essential collection of James Tate's extraordinary poems that will captivate today's readers, with an introduction by Terrance Hayes.
Celebrating James Tate's work as it transcends convention, time, and everything that tells us, "No, you can't do that," Hell, I Love Everybody gives us the poet at his best, his most intimate, hopeful, inventive, and brilliant. John Ashbery called Tate the "poet of possibilities," and this collection records forays...
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Scott Drummond partage son incroyable expérience de mort imminente (EMI) de ce qu'il a ressenti et vu lorsqu'il a été déclaré mort pendant 45 minutes. C'est un moment très personnel et tendre de sa vie, un moment qui a radicalement changé le reste de sa vie pour toujours. Il a décidé de partager cette histoire maintenant en raison de la diminution de la durée de vie due à l'augmentation des guerres et des pandémies dans le monde . Il espère...
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Scott Drummond shares his amazing near death experience (NDE) of what he felt and saw when he was pronounced dead for 45 minutes. It is a very personal and tender moment in his life, a moment that drastically changed the rest of his life forever. He has decided to share this story now because of decrease in lifespan as a result of increased wars and pandemic disease worldwide. He hopes to help all of the people suffering and wondering about what will...
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Grief and loss happen to all of us, and the pain can be overwhelming. Questions plague us: Will I ever be happy again? Will this hole in my heart ever go away? When will I stop feeling angry, numb, and sad? And, especially for women-how can I grieve when I need to be strong for others?
Often, we cope by hiding our feelings under fake smiles and "I'm fine" replies. We let the busyness and distractions of life take over, and for a while, it feels...
20) Thea at Sixteen
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Thea would do anything to make the people she loves happy... but how much can she give away and still be herself? The Sebastians have a tradition of falling in love at sixteen, and Thea is ready for it to happen to her, but so far she hasn't met anyone except the moving-van driver who deposited her and her family in their new home. As the sisters and their untraditional parents, Nicky and Megs, unpack yet again, Thea dreams of whispers, longing glances,...