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The Gift Of Grief: For those who grieve, and a call to the Church to come alongside them.
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November 3, 2025
WOW! Just could not stop reading!
Let me preface that my wife and I got to know Marcia and Ron just around the time they got engaged as we attended the same church. It had been many years since our paths parted and I did not reconnect with Marcia until the funeral service for Ron. It was a bitter sweet reunion as I was here to pay tribute to Ron and console Marcia but I was grieving too as my wife passed away just 7 days prior to Ron. We embraced each other deeply in silence!
So here we are at the point of grief. For me it was 5 years of watching my wife battle one cancer after another and for Marcia it was two days. Our paths to get to this point were different but going forward they were very much alike.
As I started reading the first pages (and throughout the book) I was in tears. Everything I was reading hit home very hard. It was as if I was writing the book! No, I did not experience the shock and brain fog like Marcia, but many of the other emotions were very similar. I finished the book in two days and fully felt the ups and downs, grief, guilt, etc. with Marcia.
I also identified with the latter chapters as I had attended a Griefshare program, was attending a new church alone and really not knowing anyone there, I was left to my own grief process.
Is this a literary classic? No, and it was not meant to be! Marcia has poured her heart and soul in a very simple and clear way that causes you to read on.
If you are one who has suffered a loss and is going through grief, I encourage you to read 'The Gift of Grief', but more importantly, to accept The Gift!
Let me preface that my wife and I got to know Marcia and Ron just around the time they got engaged as we attended the same church. It had been many years since our paths parted and I did not reconnect with Marcia until the funeral service for Ron. It was a bitter sweet reunion as I was here to pay tribute to Ron and console Marcia but I was grieving too as my wife passed away just 7 days prior to Ron. We embraced each other deeply in silence!
So here we are at the point of grief. For me it was 5 years of watching my wife battle one cancer after another and for Marcia it was two days. Our paths to get to this point were different but going forward they were very much alike.
As I started reading the first pages (and throughout the book) I was in tears. Everything I was reading hit home very hard. It was as if I was writing the book! No, I did not experience the shock and brain fog like Marcia, but many of the other emotions were very similar. I finished the book in two days and fully felt the ups and downs, grief, guilt, etc. with Marcia.
I also identified with the latter chapters as I had attended a Griefshare program, was attending a new church alone and really not knowing anyone there, I was left to my own grief process.
Is this a literary classic? No, and it was not meant to be! Marcia has poured her heart and soul in a very simple and clear way that causes you to read on.
If you are one who has suffered a loss and is going through grief, I encourage you to read 'The Gift of Grief', but more importantly, to accept The Gift!
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