Crushed by the weight of life-changing loss, how do we find the strength to carry unbearable grief with peace? This award-winning book will pierce your heart and leave you changed. It is a journey from debilitating grief to a new depth of healing and hope.
With raw authenticity, Brianne Edwards shares her story of the loss of her son and gives readers a powerful encounter with the heart of a bereaved mother--yet this book is much more than a memoir. Masterfully combining story and research, Edwards accompanies readers through the painful wilderness of their own grief journey. Both academic and anecdotal, each chapter addresses the hard questions faced in grief, including:
how we find meaning in our sorrow the value of leaning into the hard emotions the wild emotions of early traumatic grief, the transitions of middle grief, and learning to carry the long-term grief that always remains learning to forgive those who disappoint us as we grieve the physical symptoms of grief finding connection and companionship in our grief wrestling with God because of our loss
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1732763534
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9781732763531
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A Thousand Pounds: Finding the Strength to Live and Love Under the Weight of Unbearable Loss
Crushed by the weight of life-changing loss, how do we find the strength to carry unbearable grief with peace? This award-winning book will pierce your heart and leave you changed. It is a journey from debilitating grief to a new depth of healing and hope.
With raw authenticity, Brianne Edwards shares her story of the loss of her son and gives readers a powerful encounter with the heart of a bereaved mother--yet this book is much more than a memoir. Masterfully combining story and research, Edwards accompanies readers through the painful wilderness of their own grief journey. Both academic and anecdotal, each chapter addresses the hard questions faced in grief, including:
how we find meaning in our sorrow the value of leaning into the hard emotions the wild emotions of early traumatic grief, the transitions of middle grief, and learning to carry the long-term grief that always remains learning to forgive those who disappoint us as we grieve the physical symptoms of grief finding connection and companionship in our grief wrestling with God because of our loss