Grief sucks... but love bears all things
Subtitle: how grief tore me apart and put me back together
By: Gayle Taylor Davis
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Fresno, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9781610351959
Subjects: Widows; Biography; Widowhood; Grief; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General
Description: "Gayle Taylor Davis had it all -- a husband she adored, two successful daughters, and a career she enjoyed. Then one phone call took it all away, when a policeman called to tell her that her husband of 32 years had suddenly died of a heart attack. Plunged into the strange new world of grief, Davis began to write to make sense of her experience. "Grief Sucks: But Love Bears All Things" is Davis's personal account, expressed at times through poetry, of how she climbed out of grief, step by painful step -- a no-holds-barred look at personal pain that is rarely shared or talked about. Davis reveals the worst moments of her grief -- days of tears, nights of wailing, and thoughts of suicide-- and teaches the reader through her example that one can survive the worst. A brutally honest and intimate portrayal of raw grief in all its pain and ugliness, "Grief Sucks" rejects simpleminded words of comfort to address loss with simple home truths: This is the worst pain you will ever feel. And you will survive it"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. In the beginning.2. The Funeral3. The University of Sorrow4. Is it me.or is it Memorex?5. Two Faces of Grief6. The Road is Paved with Good Intentions7. The Long-ness of Days8. Material Girl9. The Guilt-o-meter10. The Barometer of Sorrow- Cloudy with a Chance of Pain11. One Ringy-Dingy.12. Let's Pretend13. The Darktown Cutter's Ball14. Ripley's Believe it or.What?15. The Red Badge of Squirmage16. Night Stalker17. The Body Snatcher18. Wakeup Call - 2:00 am19. Oobla-Dee,Oobla-Da...20. Every Precious Little Thing21. Bumps in the Road22. Just Weird Thoughts23. Follow My Finger.24. Saving Grace25. Epiphany26. God Has the Last Word27. Life after Death - Epilogue.