Grieving the Write Way for Siblings: A Practical Grief Workbook

by Gary Roe

Your world has changed. Your sibling is missing.

How do you do this? What does this mean? Who are you now? What’s next?

Grieving the Write Way for Siblings was written to help.

Multiple award-winning author, speaker, and grief specialist Gary Roe experienced multiple, devastating losses in childhood.

Gary says, "By the time I was a teenager, I was slogging through each day carrying a massive amount of grief. Then my dad dropped in front of me of a heart attack. He was a single father and my one functional parent. When this lightning bolt struck, I thought my life was over."

Gary picked up a pen and started writing. The next day, he wrote some more.

"I found myself emoting as I wrote. Sadness, confusion, anger, fear, anxiety, and guilt spewed out of me, one word at a time. I felt lousy, but expressing what was inside me felt good and relieving."

Unfortunately, the losses just kept coming. And Gary kept writing.

When Gary's older brother, his only sibling, died recently, he once again went to writing.

Now Gary gives grieving siblings a gift - this unique grief workbook born of his personal and professional experience. Writing can be powerful and effective tool to help you recover from this painful loss.

Whether you're an avid writer or have never used writing to process difficult events, you'll find the Grieving the Write Way for Siblings a heartfelt, compassionate, and practical resource for your sibling grief journey.

In Grieving the Write Way for Siblings, you'll learn...
- The role writing can play in your grief and healing process.
- How writing can steady your heart enough to express your emotions in a productive way.
- How writing can slow your mind down enough to get your thoughts on paper and begin to process them.
- To practice writing as a safe place to express and process questions, doubts, and fears.
- To use writing as an avenue to vent frustrations about your relationships in an honest and uncensored manner.
- How to use writing to work through your thoughts, wonderings, and concerns about the future.

Writing can become a powerful habit that can help us navigate life in general. What we don’t express stays locked in our hearts and often becomes the baggage that weighs us down.

Grieving the Write Way for Siblings is about you and the terrible loss you’re enduring. It was written to help you...
- Express your heart, mind, and soul.
- Navigate the relational changes and upsets you’re facing.
- See that you’re not alone, you’re not crazy, and that you will make it through this.
- Take the next steps in your grief process, whatever they might be.

In these pages, you’ll get many opportunities to experience the benefits of writing about the loss of your sibling and what’s happening in your heart and mind.

Take the next step. Read on...and write.

Genres: Self Help

278 pages, Paperback

Published October 30, 2022

About the author

Hi. My name is Gary.

My story began with a childhood of sexual abuse and numerous other losses. When my life began to unravel as a teen, another family took me in and changed the trajectory of my life. My healing journey began.

Eager to help others heal and grow, my heart turned outward. Over the next three decades, I served as a campus minister, a church-planting missionary in Japan, an entrepreneur in Hawaii, and a pastor. I'm currently work as a writer, speaker, and hospice chaplain.

After walking through deep valleys with thousands of people, I can say the following with confidence:

• We've all been wounded
• Healing isn't for sissies
• We’re all designed for impact
• The world needs us
• We must heal

I'm here to help. I'm no guru or master of anything. I'm a fellow struggler. I still bear the scars of my wounds. I grieve, get anxious, worry, and battle fear regularly. But I'm healing, and I'm growing.

Stop by my website. Drop me an email. I’d love to hear from you.

Reviews

[Sharon Greer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gary has done it again. He has written the most helpful workbook a person needs that's grieving. It has helped me so much. I THANK GOD FOR HIM.

[EDG · Rating 5 out of 5]

The grief journey is indescribable, a rollercoaster ride where memories and hope can become unfocused and seemingly so distant. Gary Roe has a remarkable gift of providing guidance through this mysterious and sacred time of loss. Grieving the Write Way for Siblings: A Practical Grief Workbook offers a way to express one’s grief when words seem so hard to find. Whether you write one word, one sentence, or fill the page, getting feelings out can be so comforting. While I have not lost a sibling, Grieving the Write Way for Siblings has been beneficial as I navigate the loss of my husband. The prompts help me focus on thoughts that otherwise are fleeting. I am grateful for Gary and his compassionate contribution to my personal journey and that of so many others. May your grief journey be filled with hope and gratitude.

[Leslie McLeod · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grieving the Write Way for Siblings: A Practical Grief Workbook flows out of Gary's compassion and practical experience with loss of many kinds. Like its predecessor, Grieving the Write Way, this resource touches on nearly every facet of grief, but is specifically designed for those who have lost a brother or sister. As a writer who addresses sibling dynamics in the season of parental caregiving and loss, I can't recommend this book highly enough. Whatever our relationship, we siblings are woven together in a way that's difficult to process when torn apart. These short chapters, read in any order, give words to the unspoken feelings and actionable exercises that lead, ultimately, to clarity and growth.

[Kristen Treider · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, Gary Roe has written a helpful book for those grieving the loss of a loved one. His newest book, Grieving the Write Way for Siblings, has so much to offer those people who are grieving the loss of a brother or sister. It gives Biblical scriptures and ways to deal with this painful loss in their life. This book is unique where each chapter has a writing element at the end. Its readers can express how they feel about their loss. The readers can recall the good memories plus express their pain through the writing exercises within the book. I have not lost a brother or sister in my lifetime but I can see how this interactive book will help its readers to find comfort during this difficult time. It is an excellent book to help others through their grieving process.

[Annette Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again Mr. Gary Roe has written an outstanding book on grief. I have been knowing Mr. Roe for almost 10 years now. I have every book that he has written! I find helpful writing and references to the Bible to help with healing. Not all of these books may not fit what you are going through. But I promise there is something in each book to help. September 2021 I lost my brother. In April of 2022 I lost my precious mom. In August , one month before the anniversary of my brother I lost his wife. She was the closest thing to a sister I ever had! That not counting the numerous family and friends we have lost since the Covid-19 hit. I have found solitude in every book. If you have not read or bought this book, please do! I promis you won’t regret it!

[Joe Roop · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Grieving the Write Way for Siblings is another superb book by Gary Roe. A must-read for those who have lost a sibling. Gary takes one through the various aspects of the grief journey when losing a sibling – emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, and relationally – allowing one to experience the benefits of writing about their loss in order to process grief in an effort to recover, adjust, heal, and grow." - Joe N. Roop, bereaved spouse, father, and sibling (twin to Jerry)

[Mary Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve watched my daughter struggle with the loss of her brother, her only sibling. She now feels very alone in the world and still is angry with everyone, especially him. I truly believe this book can be a real comfort to so many who are grieving the loss of a sibling – it’s a unique and difficult kind of grief and there are so few resources out there for it. Thank you, Gary, for writing this special book.

[Floy Creveling · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is so hard to lose your brother or sister and the accompanying emotions can be overwhelming, leaving you left behind and desperate for relief. Grieving the Write Way for Siblings is a workbook that offers thought provoking questions and ample space to jot down your responses to the sadness, doubts and questions that the death of a sibling brings. Having lost both, my sister and brother, I found this work very helpful in processing my grief for them.

[Vickie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gary Roe's book Grieving the Write Way for Siblings has been a huge help for me. It helped me unpack all the emotions I didn't realize that I still had. My 15 year old brother died in an accident 50 years ago. This book explains the difference between guilt and regret. I had been dragging what I thought was guilt around for 50 years. What a relief to finally be free. Thank you Gary for a wonderfully helpful book!

[Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the way Gary prompts the grieving sibling, which encourages a grieving sibling not to hold back but face grief in the face . Our younger son departed 4 years back and l have watched his elder brother struggle throughout the years. He is a person who doesn't talk much , not given to expressing himself but l feel this book could help him deal with his grief in his own way. Thank you Gary

Martha

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes an excellent tool for grieving siblings.
It's written in a journal type workbook with thought provoking questions and places where you can write a "grief journal" to help process your loss.
I absolutely love Gary's books. It's like he can read your mind. He knows exactly what you're feeling and thinking.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read a number of Gary's books. The first one when I lost my husband. It felt like he was talking to me personally and it helped me tremendously in my journey of Grief. I haven't lost a sibling but I have read the book and I know that he will be the same comfort and help to those who are grieving the loss of a sibling

[Dawn Dial · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not just another grief book

This was a thought provoking read. Many times a book that asks the reader to record thoughts it answer questions leaves confusion as to what is the right answer? Gary’s questions and prompts left me feeling like I could answer truly and honestly without feeling judged. A great place to start dealing with new or old losses.