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Yiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James. Things in Nature Merely Grow is a testament to Li’s indomitable spirit.

In this empowering memoir "Strong and Soulful: Graced by Grief," Denise Olsen shares her transformative journey through the depths of devastating loss to a place of unexpected strength and profound self-discovery. After the heart-shattering loss of her husband, a firefighter in the World Trade Center attacks, Denise was enveloped in a grief so intense, it threatened to consume her. But within this dark chapter of her life, she found a surprising truth: grief, while altering us irrevocably, does not have to be our undoing.

Karie Fugett’s story depicts an oft-overlooked reality of war: the experience of the many thousands of caregivers and spouses—mostly women, mostly young, mostly poor—whose lives have been shattered by battles fought against enemies abroad and against addiction at home. Tender, vivid, and laced with dark humor, Alive Day is at once an epic and engrossing love story, a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and a powerful indictment of the sins of a nation.

After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to travel and be forced into adventure; to experience and understand the world. On April 2nd, 2015, he set out to see it all—one step at a time.

Viele Trauernde haben das Gefühl, wie amputiert zu sein. Ein Teil von ihnen fehlt! Dieses Buch wendet sich gezielt an Trauernde nach dem Verlust eines Partners oder einer Partnerin. Die jahrzehntelange Erfahrung der Autorin mit Trauernden spiegelt sich in der Darstellung der vielschichtigen Aspekte der Trauer wieder. Beispielsweise werden Trauergefühle, Trauerphasen und das Trauerjahr ausführlich behandelt, ebenso wie verschiedene Todesumstände, wie plötzlicher oder unerwarteter Tod, die Problematik verschiedener Altersstufen, die Trauer der Kinder.

Losing a child is a difficult journey and no parent should have to experience this excruciating loss. These brave parents share stories about their loss and how they work through their grief. Their hope is to provide encouragement and hope to any parent that experiences the loss of a child. We celebrate our children and the impact that they had and continuing to have on our lives.

What is legacy, and how will I leave one? Betsy Armstrong asks herself this question after her forty-six-year-old mother dies with a list of regrets and her stepfather completely disinherits her. Alone, Betsy sets about building a life of no regrets: becoming a marathon runner and Ironman triathlete, quitting a cushy corporate job to lead a life of service, and overcoming a crippling fear of commitment to marry. Still, she’s always running from the grief she can’t escape.

To whoever is listening to this little book, I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope our story helps you understand that our loved ones, like my big sister, are never really gone. One day, Lady Hershey softly whispered in my ear that she was not afraid to leave. She wanted for me and our favourite person, Olivia, to not be too sad. She knew that she was going to Paradise, along with all the other animals and pets who have been loved very much by their families here on earth.

Merging dreams and dailies, Pathemata recounts the narrator’s tragicomic search to alleviate her suffering, a search that eventually becomes a reckoning with various forms of loss – the loss of intimacy, the loss of her father and the loss of a pivotal friend and mentor. In exacting, distilled prose, her account blurs the lines between embodied, unconscious and everyday life.

“There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.” There is no good way to say this—because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, “a single point in a timeline.” Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James.

After loosing her beloved mother to Alzheimer's, a devoted daughter decided to share their journey. Her personal stories and journal entries take you through the joys and the heartache that come from the disease that is devastating millions of families all over the world. She reveals the good, the bad and the ugly signs and symptoms, some choose to never share.

Running With Vince focuses on twin brothers and their unique bond. Polar opposites, Christian and Vincent have little in common, other than their family. On one final road trip together, they bicker and banter, but also better understand each other and the love that they share. More importantly, both are able to move forward and serve those they care for after a tragic family event.

One of the most peaceful spots in Singapore is hidden in plain sight. On Google maps, it's listed as "Shuang Long Shan Wu Shu Ancestral Hall", but a quick search reveals it's also known as "Shuang Long Shan Cemetery", "Yin Foh Kuan Hakka Cemetery" or "Holland Close Graveyard". Meet Teo Ee Koon, who has been manning the cemetery since 1982 with his father, who passed away in 2007.

La muerte es algo inevitable, así como todos los cambios que vivimos en la vida. En este episodio abordaremos uno de los conceptos más complejos de la vida y que, sin embargo, todos enfrentaremos.

In a sport where size and definition command admiration too often the internal cost goes unseen until it is too late. Dying for Perfection exposes the true toll of modern bodybuilding’s most extreme protocols. Drawing on verified autopsy reports, clinical research, and firsthand case studies—from Rich Piana to Andreas Münzer—this book reveals the predictable mechanisms by which hearts overgrow, livers fail, kidneys collapse, and electrolytes betray. You will learn to: • Recognize the warning signs of cardiac hypertrophy before collapse • Understand how supraphysiologic hormones ...

What began as a singular letter in response to a younger family member standing on the precipice of her 60th birthday and asking the age-old question, 'What’s it like to be old?,' soon turned into one full year of unsent reflections, wonderment and curiosity of a life truly lived. Out of these reflections, New York Times-bestselling author Sophy Burnham developed this short, storytelling collection of unsent letters that offer listeners of all ages hope and happiness, and new ways to perceive our later years.