This story is my testimony of how, after suffering great personal losses"e;"e;five family members in two and a half years, including the loss of my spouse of thirty-one years, which was the most devastating loss of all"e;"e;I was resigned to end my life.
In the tradition of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, a book that explains the transformative power of sufferingMost people understand that suffering and sorrow are inevitable parts of every life and that illness, death, or loss of a loved one are universal experiences, not retribution or a symptom of bad luck.
Granddad and Me is a touching memoir of the youngest grandchild reflecting on the special times she experienced with her granddad as they traveled in the car from Ohio to Alabama and Georgia.
Second Corinthians 4:17-18 states, "e;For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen, are eternal.
Hebrews 11, the Catalog of Faithful Witnesses, retells the testimonies of God's faithful followers who found God in the midst of pain, suffering, and hardship.
Managing grief is a monumental task and requires the bereaved to navigate through a myriad of obstacles that are not the same but unique to each person experiencing grief.