Grieving the Death of a Mother
- ISBN13: 9780806643472
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A mother’s death can make a shambles of schedules, priorities, agendas, commitments, and, sometimes, even our most important relationships. A mother’s last breath inevitably changes us. Drawing on his own experience of loss, as well as those of others, Harold Ivan Smith guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts of remembering and honoring a mother after her death…. More >>
I am really disappointed in this book. I am trying to finish it and keep hoping that each new chapter will be uplifting for me. I am more disappointed and depressed with each chapter that I read. I am constantly looking for signs that my mom is ok, and signs that she is watching me and loves me and there are none. I wish I had not bought this book. It is not what I needed to help me survive the death of my best friend. What about those daughters who do not see feathers, or jars in the road or hummingbirds? Are their moms not out there watching them and aren’t these moms ok and don’t they love their daughters?
Rating: 2 / 5
This book definitely touches home on a lot of issues that you face during the loss of your mother regardless of your age.
Rating: 3 / 5
I have been active in grief work for years, but when my mother passed after a long journey with Alzheimers’, I needed to walk this process again. This book helped me embrace emotions and questions I had not experienced before. I now keep extra copies in my library to share with others who have lost their moms and help them understand how this bond is like no other. Harold Ivan Smith’s book helped make this journey easier for me.
Rating: 5 / 5
MOTHER DEAR
(Oh mother dear, I miss you like never before)
Where are your warm hugs?
Have they cracked and wilted in your empty arms
Where are your sweet smiles?
Have they dried and shriveled on your cold lips
Where are your funny jokes?
Have they turned to dust and lay at your feet
To whom will comfort me?
To whom will dry my tears?
To whom will I lay my head,
When no one else is near?
(Oh mother dear, I need you more than ever)
Where have you been?
Have you finally been laid to rest
Where are you now?
Are you flying high with the angels?
OR
Are you down in the deep dark well?
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Rating: 5 / 5
I just lost my mom, and this book is very good. I was searching for something to make me feel better and this book helped.
Rating: 5 / 5