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The loss of a loved one can be devastating. Tens of thousands of people have taken grieving mother, writer, and grief expert Molly Fumia up on her offer of a helping hand through the process of grief and recovery. Her wisdom comes from personal experience, and her writing is at once universal and highly personal. In this new edition, Fumia has expanded her introduction, based on response to the book, plus added material on various relationship losses to several of the chapters. Through a series of contemplative meditations, Safe Passage helps readers through the stages of grief, from near disbelief and denial to acceptance and growth. Chapters including "Beginning," "Navigation," "Surrender," "Transformation," "Continuance," and "Connection" offer one map for a difficult journey. With moving and honest simplicity, readers are guided towards healing and hope. "On the path toward healing, I learned two surprising lessons," writes Molly Fumia in the Introduction. "The first is that grief in the most patient and persistent of all of life's companions. The second is that grief is an ancient, universal power that links all human beings together." Safe Passage is a compassionate and comforting companion, offering a steady hand through a dark voyage.
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This is the revised and expanded version of Molly Fumia's collection of meditations and thoughts on the loss of a loved one.
This is not a cover-to-cover read. It is a tool to help you deal with the grief and sense of abandonment that comes with losing someone close to us.
It is the kind of book you should pick up when you see yourself staring into the hole left by a loved one. Pick a page at random and read from it:
Life will not go on the same without him. If it were the same, we could only conclude his life meant nothing, made no contribution. The fact that he left behind a place that cannot be filled is a high tribute to the uniqueness of his soul.
It is neither pagan nor christian oriented, referring simply to 'God', without using the politically correct 'Supreme Being' which so many books seem to steer towards these days.
This is not a happy book, by any means, for it deals with what is fundamentally an unpahhy subject. but some of it's passages are uplifting and insightful, and I would recommend it as a gift to someone who has recently lost their split apart.
