Healing Together
An Alphabet Book
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Healing Together: An Alphabet Book begins with A is for Advice.
The adult page: Family and friends who experienced the death of a loved one offered this helpful piece of advice: Take one day at a time. Each day I broke the tasks into manageable chunks. This greatly eased the overwhelming sense of loss and confusion.
The child page: Everyone wanted to give me advice as to what to do and how to feel. They meant well but it didn’t help. I knew how I felt, even if I couldn’t express it in words or identify the emotion. Eventually, I learned to trust myself and to talk to a few close friends.
This alphabet book offers thoughts, reflections and lessons for the adult and child in grief from A to Z. Charming illustrations of an adult animal and baby animal accompany each letter of the alphabet. As an added tool, lists of words have been included to encourage discussion between the adult and child for each letter of the alphabet. For spiritual encouragement, Bible verses have also been included to support the adult and child.
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About the Book
Healing Together is written especially for the adult and child grieving together. Age does not make it easier or harder to cope with the anguish of losing a loved one. It is a time to grieve.
This alphabet book on recovery from grief is presented from the perspective of the adult and that of the child. It is not written in a sequential format, but rather, the thoughts, reflections, and lessons stem from the collected experiences of mother, Karen Chouinard, and daughter, Holly Carpenter, over a span of many years, from the earliest stages of mourning to the present.
As an added tool, Karen and Holly have listed additional words to encourage thoughtful and meaningful discussions between the adult and child, both of whom are embarking on their own personal journeys from grief to healing.
Scripture has also been included as references for spiritual encouragement.
About the Author
Holly Carpenter has a degree in communications from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She recently completed her degree in education and teaches sixth grade. Holly lives with her husband and dog, Maile, in Colorado.
Karen Chouinard retired after thirty-five years in education. She has remarried and lives with her husband in Colorado.