How do we get over our loss??
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I lost my beloved, Smokey, while I was ill myself. While I was trying to recoup, Smokey had been getting increasingly feebler.  It had been suggested by family that it might be time to "put her to sleep"...But, "NO" was always my answer. How could I?? She was my BEST friend for 16 years. She knew me inside and out and even saved my life.  But, I also knew in my heart that it was best as her quality of life definitely declined. So, I did...and, I thought I would never recover.  I was inconsolable.  I had searched on the internet for something I could read or somebody I could talk to about my loss.  Nobody understood, or so I felt, that Smokey's loss was worse than a family member's loss. Then, I came across Gary Kurz's website.  It truly was a Godsend that I found him.  Gary and I have conversed via e-mail several times. And, each time I began to feel better.  My guilt was beginning to diminish.  My sadness became lighter.  Gary helped me survive...because I was thinking that I just couldn't survive without my Smokey. God has a plan for all of us whether we are animal or humans... and, I believe that Smokey will be waiting for me when it's my time to leave this planet.  And, she will be young and sassy and happy her friend has come home too. Thank you, Gary
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Recommend to anyone hurting, especially at Christmas. I just lost both my parents to cancer this year, so celebrating is difficult.
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If you have had what you perceive as lose after lose and difficulty dealing with those loses, this book is a great help. It is comforting to know that others have had similar situations for years but now they have come out the other side, stronger and happier. This book has helped me realize I'm not the only one going through years of loss and that I can reconcile it and I will.
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Great read ! I read this years ago when trying to recover from the loss of my son. Bought this copy for someone close to me , hoping it will help them as it did me.
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Truly I am sorry but I never got past the first page. If you had lost a child you would know there is no moving forward. Once I read that you lost a brother not a child them I stopped. I am sure it was hard watching her grieve wanting her to snap out of it. In some ways this would have been therapeutic to write about your experiences, and your need to have your mother fixed. There is no fixing it. In fact the very idea that some how moving forward causes more grief than just letting be who they are in their grief.
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Everyone will experience loss. . .a job, a love, a pet, a child/parent/partner, etc.  Living with Loss One Day at a Time written by Rachel Kodanaz, motivational speaker and grief consultant, offers daily encouragement for anyone who have experienced a loss or a set-back.  Rachel's tremendous strength, hope, wisdom, and compassion flow from each page.  I now give this as a gift to anyone experiencing loss.  It is with gratitude that I thank Rachel for helping all of us who have loved and lost.
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Some things one never gets over.  The loss,of a parent, a sibling, a child, or their soul mate.
We can only stumble our way through the pain.
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Great book.  Easy to read and relate to!  Who has not been affected by such loss!  A must read for anyone going through such tragic loss!!  As well as those who are trying to help the family and friends left behind to cope.
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Excellent book with some very practical tools to deal with disappointment and heartbreak!
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If you have experienced a sudden loss, do yourself a favor and buy this book so you can make notes and underline passages. I keep this as a reference book. A friend who's daughter died in an auto accident gave it to me when we suddenly lost our son. It's  written by a seminary professor, but it is a journey through his own loss of his wife, mother and child in car accident. You won't find cliches, "how to's" or "steps to healing". It helped me because I identified with his loss and grief and encouraged me because he slowly but surely walked through it, discovering that it is possible to feel joy and pain at the same time.
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If you have lost someone dear to sudden death this is a wonderful book on dealing with your loss, I wish I had this book when our son passed very suddenly in an accident. I have boughten three copies for friends. Need help read this book.
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It helped me so much in my grief. My mom died in October last year and my dog suddenly passed away 5 months later. At the same time my brother in law is diagnosed with 4 th stage lung cancer , it is a difficult time for me and the book help me to find a new direction and not go into depression and low mood. Thank you so much
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Klune is one of the few authors who don't just tell me a story, he make me feel it. Deep in the bottom of you sternum. The pain, the grief, the hope, the loss, the semi triumph. But take his advice. Go in blind.
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Highly recommended for people going through extreme loss. This book can help you examine your own faith and cope with tragic loss in your life.
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Such a wonderful book to help with moving through the losses of life.  Jerry Sittser has helped me with many losses in my life and getting this book out and re-reading it is as good as the first time I ever went through it.  I highly recommend it.
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100% of all people grieve.  Get this book! Go to a Grief Recovery Group. This program is life transforming!!!!
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The book I found most helpful, nd keep reading over, as I try t deal with a tragic and painful loss...