Sarah is is a talented story teller; gifted with her words, attitude, and zest for life which is all beautifully shared in this book. Grief Unveiled is pertinent and helpful for ALL, not just grieving widows. After reading this book I feel so much more prepared to be there for friends and family (as well as myself) when grief strikes, as it inevitably will.
She acknowledges the pain of losing a loved one ('every bit of felt pain and processing is a piece of the path to closure." and "there is nothing uncomplicated about grief, so grieve the real-for-you story that died with him.") while at the same time motivates her readers to move forward with loving suggestions on how to do so ("we learn to reclaim our journey and experience life as it is without measuring against what we think it should be.").
Just hearing this story from someone like Sarah, who knows first hand, makes it believable that you, too, have the capacity to move forward in life after tragedy. "You didn’t bring about the tragedy that has brought you to the depths on your knees, but you have so much more choice and healing potential in the way ahead than you’ve been allowed to believe. Finding your way through the pain requires you to first walk through the fire toward the place where you touch the wound. Perhaps the most crucial element of the journey through grief is allowing our raw, unfiltered humanness to come through."
I also loved the REFLECTION sections at the end of each chapter encouraging readers to write freelly on prompts provided; a brilliant way to coax the grieving person to deeply contemplate each chapter.
This book needs to be in every grief counselor's office as I just know it, given at the right time, can be a book providing the permission necessary for grieving people to go through their stages of grief at their own personal journey's pace. ("Come back to noticing what you notice, but this time pay attention to where you are living from your shoulds, the source of so much suffering. Notice what you choose, and more importantly, notice if you’re choosing it because you think you should. Eliminate anything that starts with the phrase I think I should and replace it with I choose to. Notice what you notice about what you choose and when you get body-slammed by a should. You’ve always got permission to choose. You’ve always got permission to change your mind. This is where your life after loss becomes yours to live."). Sarah gives readers a safe way and many tools to move through these stages and not feel alone while doing so.
Bless Sarah for sharing her journey with us. We are all better people living life more compassionately than ever because of reading her story.
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