The Do's and Don'ts of Grief - Paperback

by Sally J. Knipe (Author)

The Do's and Don'ts of Grief: How to Handle Grief after a Loss "Your life has been turned upside down, and nothing is 'normal' as you know it. If you thought you were in control, you certainly are no longer." Tragedy can strike suddenly and change all you know in an instant. Grief follows behind causing everything to spiral out of control. After fifty-three years of marriage to her husband Jim, everything charged for author, Sally Knipe. Jim passed away due to complications from a fall that caused his heart to deteriorate. Sally was left to grieve the loss of her love after their fifty-six years together. Turning to God, loved ones, and friends, Sally began walking the 'journey of grief'. In The Do's and Don'ts of Grief: How to Handle Grief after a Loss, Sally offers advice and comforting words to both those who have lost someone dear to them or those who are going through grief of another form. The book also provides advice to those that are helping someone else through their grief. Seeking to help make the process of grief more manageable, Sally shares what she went through. By writing about her and Jim falling in love, about his becoming ill, about his death, and about the events that followed, she hopes to help readers through their own grieving process. She shares her thoughts, her journal entries, and the emotions she felt during this time to help those suffering feel less alone in their time of need. Sally Knipe is a Christian who has served God in her life. Author, stay-at-home mom, mentor and missionary to Native American children, she wears many hats. Through their fifty-three year marriage Sally and her husband Jim provided a home to their four children and sixty foster children, Now, Sally is continuing forward and working to create a deeper foundation with God and to serve Him in all that she does. A great gift for someone who is suffering a loss