Finding your Way After Your Parent Dies

By Richard B. Gilbert

Book Overview

Rev. Richard Gilbert has created a compassionate guide for those struggling with the loss of a parent. Bringing many years of experience in bereavement counseling, Gilbert sketches out some of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877936943
• ISBN13: 9780877936947
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Finding Your Way After Your Parent Dies

I am only two chapters into this book and already it has been such a help to me. So many things have been discussed about the emotions I have. The author hits it right on to the feelings we have and dealing with grief. I lost my Mom at 82 five months ago and it has been the hardest thing I have gone through. A part of me is gone. Life will never be the same but he has helped me to understand that the feelings I have are normal. A great book for someone who has lost a loved one.

Finding Hope

There are many books and articles on grief, there are also many books and articles on spirituality. This is the first book that ties them together in such a sensitive way. It acknowledges the questions and thoughts we have at this confusing time in our lives. It gently plants the seed of opportunity, as well as offers hope. The Thought, Opportunity and Prayer part of each chapter allows us the ability to be slective in what we want to accomplish, while keeping us focused for short periods of time. This allows us to bring closure to some areas and move on to others. With the loss of a parent, you are truly trying to find your way, Richard Gilbert helps us start this journey. If you have lost a parent, this book brings you comfort on your journey. It is a gentle journey that brings us hope to finding our way.

Resourceful and Comforting

FINDING YOUR WAY AFTER YOUR PARENT DIES is a book that gives people many options in dealing with his/her grief. It is written in a way that gives the reader an impression that Rev. Gilbert is Pastorally with you throughout the contents of this book. At the end of each chapter, Richard Gilbert provides people with words in a time when people feel at a loss for them. These final thoughts, opportunities, and prayer inspire people to look within for strength beyond themselves. They encourage people to heal through faith in a Holy Presence that is very real inside us all. Thanks, Richard Gilbert, for allowing anyone who reads this book to be cared for by your thoughtfulness and prayerful insights into the soul. -- Samuel Oliver, author of, WHAT THE DYING TEACH US: LESSONS ON LIVING.

A gift for searching and struggling adult children

As the author of this book I simply want to invite you to contact me if you need to talk. This book has instruction and what I believe to be very important information. Most of all, it is an invitation to explore the needs, issues and feelings that have become your grief journey. Keep us in mind if you need to talk.