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Fourth of four.
What’s Your Grief? by Eleanor Hayley & Litsa Williams
There’s something very good that happens on the inside when you feel understood…
…or you come to understand.
Face-to-face this can be called empathy. I’m not sure what to call it when it’s in a book! Perhaps just that. 
Third of four.
Hole in the World by Amanda Held Opelt
Searching for the right word…
– I really *loved* this book. Hmm. Loved. Not sure. Wish it didn’t belong in this season so do I actually love it? Maybe!
– I really *appreciated* this book. Hmm. Too dry and polite.
– I really *cherished* reading this book. Hmm. Just because I somehow want to hug it – is that what I’m trying to express by the word cherish?
– I have deeply valued this book? I do but it still seems to not say all the things.
Second of four.
The intention of these posts is not for those who have woken freshly in the newness of loss. Too soon. Too much. Too raw. The day holds enough of its own. These book posts are for those a bit along the road.
Book 2: Finding Meaning by David Kessler
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First of four.
Over the next few days, I thought I’d post about some of the grief reading I’ve done in the last 11 ish months. I didn’t start reading for several months but it’s coming up on a year since The Reason to read this genre Happened.
Book 1 – A Grief Observed by CS Lewis
What grief collection would be complete without this? And now I have my answer.
I first picked this up about a month in but it was too soon and the words swam and were immediately forgotten so I set it aside for several more months.
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