When Your Adult Child Dies

A Compassionate Guide for Parents Coping With Grief, Guilt, Family Changes, and Life After Loss

von Dnp Agnp-C Johnson- Nganbou Kamkeu

148 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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You were never supposed to outlive your child.Almost every book about losing a child was written for a parent whose child was small. This one was not.Your son was forty-two. Your daughter was sixty-seven. She had a mortgage, a career, children of her own, and she was still the person whose voice you would recognize anywhere. People hear the number and say at least they had a full life. They mean well. It does not help.There is no word for a parent whose child has died. There is only the morning after, and the one after that.When Your Adult Child Dies begins somewhere kinder. Your child was your child at every age, and your grief does not owe anyone a timetable.Written by a hospice nurse practitioner who has sat with families in the hours after a death, this book offers plain, unhurried language for the parts of grief that are hardest to say out loud, including the ones that feel too untidy to admit.Inside, you will find help with- The first days, the funeral, and the silence after everyone goes home- Guilt, unanswerable questions, and the future you had expected- Surviving children, partners, and families who grieve in different ways- Grief that is not simple - estrangement, addiction, a long illness, a sudden death- People who do not understand, and what you can actually say to them- Remembering your child without being destroyed by the memory- Learning to carry a loss you will never be finished carryingEvery chapter closes with What I Want You to Remember, a short, steadying passage you can return to on the days when reading a whole chapter is too much.You do not have to read this book in order. Begin wherever your grief is loudest today, and leave the rest for another time.You do not have to grieve correctly. You do not have to grieve on schedule. You only have to get through today, and these pages will sit with you while you do.A companion for bereaved mothers and fathers, and a gift for someone you love who has lost a grown son or daughter.

• ISBN: 9798172678196
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp