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The
books in our series are all
written by and for those who
have suffered some serious
loss or grief experience.
A description
of each of our current books is listed in the section
below. Click on the book title to see the book and read
a sample of the help one can expect to find inside.
We encourage you to read them, and if the message speaks
to you, to purchase one or more, either for yourself
or for someone you know.
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Meditations for the Bereaved
 One
writer’s husband had a solitary
nickel in his wallet when he died
of a heart attack, while another
lost his wife and both parents in
a year and a half. An Oklahoma man’s
daughter was killed in the Murrah
Federal Building bombing and a young
woman’s gentle sister was
murdered by someone she was trying
to help. Still others watched parents
and grandparents fade away over
a period of many months. In all,
46 people contributed to Meditations
for the Bereaved. While the relationships
and circumstances vary substantially,
each writer experienced the death
of someone so special to them that
they have struggled mightily to
come to grips with their grief and
the problems related to it.
Click
here to read a sample and see a
larger photo of the book.
Meditations
for Bereaved Parents
 After
my son died I searched for a meditation
book that spoke to my grief. I didn't
want, or need, dull platitudes and
flowery phrases. What I wanted and
desperately needed was an honest
confrontation with the pain of bereavement,
as well as help to move beyond it.
I sought a book by parents who had
lost a child because no one else
knows exactly how we feel.
Meditations
for Bereaved Parents
was written to fill that need. Through
these pages, 35 mothers and fathers
share their anger and their anguish,
but even more important, they share
the insights that have enabled them
to heal, to reinvest in living,
to smile and to love again.
This
isn't a book to devour in one sitting;
it's too overwhelming for that.
Rather it's a book to read a little
at a time when you're hurting and
need to know that others have survived
this awful pain, and you can too.
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to read a sample and see a larger photo of the book.
Meditations
for the Widowed
 No
one knows exactly how the bereaved feel except those who have
experienced the same loss. That is why this book for the widowed
was written by 33 men and women whose spouses have died.
Through these pages these widowed people
of all ages have shared their pain, their anger, their despair.
But even more important, they have shared the discoveries
and the insights that have enabled them to heal and build
new lives for themselves.
Meditations
for the Widowed isn't an easy book to read
because it refuses to sugarcoat the pain of bereavement. Instead
it takes a hard look at the loneliness of grief and all its
manifestations for those who have lost a mate, and in the
doing it offers help for turning hopelessness to hope. The
message these widowed writers convey is that they have survived
this shattering experience and the pain that accompanies it,
and the reader can too.
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read a sample and see a larger photo of the book.
Meditations
for the Divorced
 The
end of a marriage is like any other life-shattering event;
you can't understand it on a gut level unless you've been
through it. That's why all the contributors to Meditations
for the Divorced are
men and women who entered a coutroom as married persons and
walked out as singles.
In the pages of
this book they share the agony of suddenly finding themselves
alone. These writers, who are young and old, male and female,
and who come from all walks of life, are very open about the
tough questions they have wrestled with, and the divorce-related
problems they had to solve. Their pain isn't easy to read
about, for they have told their stories with an honesty that
peels away the surface emotions, revealing the awful hurt
at the core of this experience. But in the doing they have
also shared the insights and discoveries that have enabled
them to rebuild their lives and find joy in living again.
For those who are
going through a divorce, this book offers the companionship
of real people who have walked this lonesome road and survived,
plus the knowledge and assurance that the reader can do it
too. And for those who want to reach out to someone struggling
with this unique grief, it provides lessons for loving our
hurting friends back to the fullness of life.
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to read a sample and see a larger photo of the book.
Meditations
for the Terminally Ill and Their Families
 Cancer,
Alzheimer's Disease, AIDS, Heart Disease, Cystic Fibrosis.
. .
Whatever the medical problem involved,
no one knows the loneliness, the fear, and the anxiety created
by a terminal illness except the people who have received
that diagnosis for themselves or a loved one.
At the same time, no one understands the
peace that can come from confronting that diagnosis, nor can
they grasp the courage for facing it, or the hope for dealing
with it like those who have walked that lonely road. That
is why the contributors to this book are either individuals
who are terminally ill themselves or people who have a family
member with that prognosis.
Whether death is imminent or a coming
event, Meditations
for the Terminally Ill and Their Families
provides practical help and emotional support for turning
those agonizing days into a special time for all concerned.
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to read a sample and see a larger photo of the book.
Meditations
for Alcoholics and Their Families
 One
out of every 10 people who drinks alcohol becomes an alcoholic
. . . but this book isn't about statistics. It's about living
with the problems alcoholism creates.
The real people
who share their stories in this book are alcoholics and their
spouses, their children, their parents. They do not mince
words as they describe the backgrounds they have come from,
the difficulties they have faced, the struggles they have
won, the daily problems they've encountered. Nor do they preach.
What they have done is open their hearts and reveal what has
worked for them in the past, or is helping them now, in the
hopes it will help you too.
Meditations
for Alcoholics and Their Families
will provide companionship
for lonely alcoholics who need to know other people have overcome
their addiction and gone on to lead happy, productive lives,
while the alcoholic's loved ones will find assurance that
they are not alone, that others have successfully dealt with
the emotional side effects of this illness and they can too.
Click here
to read a sample and see a larger photo of the book.
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