CONTENTS:

Finding the Good in Grief: Recover Joy after a Life Changing Loss

Acknowledgements

     1 What I Feared Has Come upon Me

STEP 1 • Trust God and Rely on Others

     2 Shock: Like Being Struck by Lightning

STEP 2 • Choose Reality Instead of Illusion

     3 Denial: It’s Not a River in Egypt

     4 Escape: You Can Run but You Will Only Get Tired

     5 Victimism: Where’s a Superhero When You Really Need One?

STEP 3 • Resist the Temptation to Get Stuck

     6 Questioning: Why Do You Keep Asking Why?

     7 Anger: Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?

     8 Depression: Never Put a Period Where a Comma Belongs

STEP 4 • Recognize Moments of Grace

     9 Acceptance: The Road to Recovery Is Paved with Moments of Grace

STEP 5 • Discover New Meaning and Purpose

     10 Calling: Transform Your Season of Grieving into a Lifetime of Caring

     11 Affirmation: When the Caterpillar Dies, the Butterfly Flies

Epilogue