num_pages: 159
description: When cancer survivor Mirth Vos learned she had a final, incurable malignancy, she desperately tried to make sense of her lifeand her deathby pouring out her pain into a thirteen-month journal. Letters to Myself on Dying is that account. Written with both eloquence and angst, this book is an unflinching portrayal of how Vos, a psychotherapist, learned to grieve her own impending death. From the moment she heard the word terminal, Vos wrote about the ravages of her disease and treatment, her aching sorrow and anger, her painful wrestling with God and, ultimately, her process of abandoning herself to his loving care. More than a journal about dying, this is a journal about livingand a resounding testimony to the Lords presence in both. Letters to Myself on Dying will offer insight and encouragement to terminally ill readers as well as their friends and family. In fact, anyone who supports the dyingpastors, counselors, laypersons, and medical professionalswill glean much from this penetrating book.
language: English
title: Letters to Myself on Dying: A Journal of Hope, Pain, and Courage
titlecomplete: Letters to Myself on Dying: A Journal of Hope, Pain, and Courage
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Baker Pub Group