Walking with Grief
A Personal Guide to Growing with and through Grief
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Walking with my grief was the best decision I ever made. I am truly grateful that I didn't dismiss Chris's idea to start. It continues to do a world of good for me on my grief journey. I've always believed that if you're not growing, you're dying. And as sad and as distressed as I was, I didn't want to die. I wanted to find a way to live while I'm alive. Gratitude got me there. It was the doorway to moving forward, to finding a way to make room for grief. Was every day good after this realization? No, they weren't all good, but I was making progress—true progress—not keeping myself distracted, illuding to progress. And that gave me hope. It gave me comfort to realize that every day for the rest of my life was not going to be a sad state. I was beginning to realize also that it was okay to feel good, to genuinely smile and laugh without feeling like you're betraying the loss you've experienced. It's easy for people to say, "your mom would want you to be happy," it's another to accept that and live it. It's going to feel really weird for awhile, but each time it gets easier.
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About the Book
Living and growing with grief is not simple or easy, but this guide can help you on your journey. Stephanie Drummond shares her own experience with grief, noting that losing someone will affect every single person differently. Even her siblings reacted to the death of their mother in different ways. While the stages of grief we hear so much about can help us know what we might expect, she notes they are only a guideline and can happen in any order. She also seeks to provide insights such as: • understanding that the ups and downs of loss are not linear, and the “stages of grief” do not necessarily occur in order, • learning there are ways to navigate the winding path back to peace and joy and • that you are not alone in experiencing any of the many emotions. • how to remove guilt and stop blaming yourself after losing a loved one. Drummond also recognizes that although she’s suffered a series of losses, her struggle is not over. She reveals that if you try to skip the many parts of grief, you’ll only make it worse. The only way out is by going through. Learning the value of self-validation, self-forgiveness and self-compassion and most importantly, not comparing your grief to others’ are some of the keys to finding laughter (without the guilt) again.
About the Author
Being a lifelong student of personal growth and development, Stephanie had her biggest test of all during a year full of huge loss. She has created this book as a guide to give you a place to start in personal growth through the hard seasons of life, to enable you to find joy in your life through sorrow.