num_pages: 184
description: When Jan Richardson unexpectedly lost her husband and creative partner the singer/songwriter Garrison Doles she did what she had long known how to do: she wrote blessings. These were no sugar-coated blessings. They minimized none of the pain and bewilderment that came in the wake of a wrenching death. With these blessings Jan entered instead into the depths of the shock anger and sorrow. From those depths she has brought forth words that with heartbreaking honesty offer surprising comfort and stunning grace. Those who know loss will find kinship among these pages. In these blessings that move through the anguish of rending into the unexpected shelters of solace and hope there shimmers a light that helps us see we do not walk alone. From her own path of grief Jan offers a luminous unforgettable gift that invites us to know the tenacity of hope and to recognize the presence of love that as she writes is sorrow's most lasting cure.
language: English
title: The Cure for Sorrow: A Book of Blessings for Times of Grief
publisher: Wanton Gospeller Press