Letters To A Grieving Widow

This is the chronicle of a journey… a journey through the difficult country called grief and mourning. It is not a textbook on grief or widowhood. It is not a blueprint for “talking” someone through grief. It is a collection of correspondence between the authors – a grief support specialist and a grieving widow after the painful death of her husband of 39 years. Some of what you will read are essays and journal entries she wrote during her “dark days.” Some of the writings are in response to the pain she poured out on paper. You will read letters that Billie wrote to her husband, Jack, after his death, as well as her responses to some of Danny’s notes and letters to her. Neither had any idea that one day the correspondence might come together as a tool to help others find their way through the valley of mourning. Recent additions include inserted NOTE: sections containing grief lessons learned through many years of interaction with grieving individuals and families.