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A new book sheds light on the grieving process…

The Losing of Gordon includes 18 inspirational and moving letters that Joni Aldrich wrote to her husband, Gordon, after his death. These letters will teach readers valuable lessons, including:

The Losing of Gordon
 
• What to do when you cannot gain closure
   after a loved one dies
• How to successfully navigate the grieving
   process and why counseling truly helps
• How to restore confidence and turn your
   “broken shell” into something whole and
    beautiful
• What the term “widow” really means
• The best and worst things to say to those
   who are grieving
• How to tap into the innate instincts that will
   help you survive
• How to deal with your conscious and
   subconscious grief
• How to manage the business end of losing
   someone close to you
• What you can do to understand your own
   limitations through grief
• How to overcome your “if only” regrets
• How to manage being unwillingly single
   and alone
• The careless and reckless effects of depression
   and stress
• How to get through “the firsts” (e.g., holidays,
   birthdays, anniversaries, etc.)
• What you can do to be “reborn” through
   your grief
• How to preserve your precious memories
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Excerpt from The Broken Shell, by Joni James Aldrich
  

Not unlike humans in tough times,
when grieving breaks their stride.
Their broken shell can be repaired
with loving care and restored pride.

A purpose found and cause renewed
can be our human lifeline, too.
But not unlike the broken shell
we’ll drift until we make it through.
  “The beach was swept away by the twin forces of violent wind and waves. Days later, piles of broken shells were deposited onto the shore. Nature had begun the rebuilding process. This is much the same as the process we undergo when rebuilding our lives after suffering the catastrophic loss of someone we love…”

  
 
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The Saving of Gordon
  
The Saving of Gordon: Lifelines to W-I-N Against Cancer—The story of Gordon Aldrich’s battle with cancer, the book offers straight-forward, step-by-step advice that will give readers the tools they need to have a fighting chance against cancer.
The Cancer Patient
  The Cancer Patient W-I-N Book: Our Cancer Fight Journal—A companion to The Saving of Gordon this useful workbook offers a place for you to document information about your treatment, write notes at visits, organize your thoughts and feelings, and much more.  
             
Hope I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
~Alfred, Lord Tennyson