Download or read book Mother s Journey to a Shattered Heart written by Arizona Banks and published by CrossBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many, the love between a mother and child is the most intense love they will experience. Because of this, when something happens to break one of their hearts, the pain can seem to be more powerful than any other. Author Arizona Banks knows the pain that can come when a child makes a decision that runs counter to everything she was taught. Mother's Journey to a Shattered Heart tells the story of what she endured when her daughter began to live a homosexual lifestyle. Banks describes her daughter's life from infancy to adulthood and discusses the trials, successes, heartbreaks, and joys that went with her along the way. She shares how her heart was broken by her daughter's lifestyle choice--and reveals that the only way she made it through the pain is by her belief in Christ. This personal narrative describes a beautiful young woman who, at the most vulnerable time in her life, is led away from God. She left everything she believed in--or what her mother thought she believed in. The daughter caused her mother's heart to shatter into many pieces, but Banks knows one day her heart will heal with God's touch. When God heals the shattered pieces, they will go back together. And if your heart is shattered, you too can find hope and healing in God.

Download or read book Hope Springs from a Mother s Broken Heart written by Theresa Anthony and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Theresa Anthony tragically lost her twenty-five-year-old son to suicide in 2013. In the years since his death she has been tasked with navigating the often-treacherous grief journey, a particularly rough path for parents. In Hope Springs from a Mother's Broken Heart, Ms. Anthony draws from her own personal experience to offer comfort and guidance to mothers who have lost a child. The author also compiles short stories of ten courageous mothers who collaborated to share their own stories of survival after such a devastating loss. This self-help book serves as a useful guide for grieving mothers who are grappling with unimaginable loss and sorrow. Each mother's heartbreaking story includes helpful tips for the reader, such as coping tools accessed and self-care strategies. Most noteworthy, though, are the strength and grace these women exemplify. The reader cannot help but be impressed and inspired by the incredible ways these grieving mothers have chosen to honor their lost son or daughter.Hope Springs from a Mother's Broken Heart: 11 Mothers Share how They Survived the Loss of a Child is Ms. Anthony's second book. Her memoir, My 13th Station: A Mother Shares Her Son's Tragic Battle with Depression, Alcoholism, and Demons, was published in 2019.

Download or read book Forever Shattered written by Stephanie Garcia-Victoria and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vilomah is a word used to describe a mother who has lost a child. This book is a compilation of the thoughts, emotions, and heartache of a mother who tragically lost one of her children due to senseless gun violence. On December 28, 2017, Sincear Michael Williams took his last breath as he had been tragically gunned down at the age of sixteen. This book is the story of a mother's heart as she maneuvers through the timeless journey of living without her first-born son. Take a glimpse into the shattered heart of not only a mother but an entire family who were affected by this tragedy, including a younger sibling who was forced to grow up too fast and another who will never know and experience Sincear. During this journey you will read last conversations and a mother's lingering regret over decisions made and things left unsaid. There are no words that can ease the pain of a vilomah, a mother who lives with the loss of a child. People offer words of support, stating that "time will heal the pain." However, for a mother to continue to live with a shattered heart, the journey is timeless. Draw strength from this mother's journey and find comfort in this mother's perseverance to keep her son's legacy alive.

Download or read book Memoirs of a Broken Heart written by M. C. Crews and published by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing a child is a life-altering experience. It challenges your relationship with God, your family, and your friends. This is a true story about one mother's journey through grief after the sudden death of her son and how she learned to cope with this loss. Along the way she was able to re-establish her relationship with God. ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.C. Crews is a wife, mother, grandmother, nurse practitioner and Parish Nurse. She has over 35 years of experience caring for critically ill patients and their families. She was previously a Stephen Minister, assisting church members with their emotional and spiritual problems. She never imagined that one day she would have to apply those skills to her own situation. She currently volunteers at her church as a career coach for Project Hope, a church sponsored program to help underprivileged adults overcome the cycle of poverty, and assisting with the grief support groups. She lives in Plano, Texas with her husband of 40 plus years.

Download or read book A Broken Heart Still Beats written by Nancy Carswell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a rare look inside the mind and heart of a grieving mother. Nancy's first hand narrative holds nothing back as she describes the devastating loss of her only child, and shares the emotional and physical changes that followed. Written for those who have suffered child loss, her story will resonate with all who are grieving. How do you move forward, find gratitude, even growth? Gain insight, empathy, and compassion from someone who understands the ongoing story of grief and loss.

Download or read book My Tears in a Bottle written by Kathy Puckett Allen and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, My Tears in a Bottle: A Mother's Journey of Grief and Healing, is dedicated to the memory of my son, Bryon A. Allen. Thank you, Bryon, for your gift of a small, black notebook that you unwittingly left the pages blank so that your mother when she found it, would begin to fill the notebook with words.These words would ultimately bring God's healing to this mother's shattered and broken heart. As hope began to rise within her, the mother knew definitely that her son's death would not be in vain, for a book had been conceived in her heart and she recognized that one day it would be published.As the Psalmist David also wrote: "I am recording this so that future generations will also praise the Lord for all that He has done." Psalms 102:18.

Download or read book The Shattered Heart written by Rose Monreal and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was almost midnight when Rose Monreal received the dreaded phone call informing her that her only child Steven was killed in a car accident. For the next several years, Rose entered a period in her life that drove her to the edge of insanity. How does one cope with the loss of a child? The Shattered Heart A Mother's Infinite Love tells the deeply moving true story of unimaginable pain. It is a story that begins in the darkest moments of grief and feelings of guilt, a story that captures the daily struggle of living life without her child and her own desire to "end it all". Finally, it is a story of the healing power of faith that transformed Rose to be able to accept and live another day. The Shattered Heart A Mothers Infinite Love is filled with original poems, songs, and art. It is an inspiring story that captures the extraordinary power of God who gives us the solace and the courage to face the darkest chapters of our lives.

Download or read book Shattered Pieces of My Heart written by Marsha Glynn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden death of a child is the most profound grief a parent will endure. Surviving the confusion, disbelief, turmoil, and the pain is a life-changing experience. When Marsha Glynn faced the sudden death of her teenage son, she found herself questioning God and her beliefs about life and its meaning. In Shattered Pieces of My Heart, Marsha offers readers a look into the most heart-wrenching moments of her life. Only through the grace of God and the love and devotion of family and friends did she find the courage to start over, face her tragic loss, and discover hope in the healing process. Recollections of Bible verses and personal prayers helped her cope as she traveled an unfamiliar road. Discover how Marsha survived by taking small steps to face grief. Learn how she turned to God in her darkest hour and how his love and the love of family and friends led her out of the valley of death to begin the healing process and discover life's goodness and joy again.

Download or read book A Shattered Heart written by Monica Hawkins and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Shattered Heart is a walk with Monica Hawkins as she shares her emotional journey following the tragic murder of her son Dont. She shares how her faith in God was challenged and how she learned to bow to His sovereignty. Prepare to share her grief, unspeakable pain and her healing process to inspire you to hope, trust and love again after a traumatic experience. Her journey will encourage and challenge you to run to God despite times of feeling anger, frustration, hurt and hopelessness; knowing there is still a plan and purpose for your life. Monicas vulnerability, honesty and comforting words from her talks with God and her support system will provide guidance in your grief journey. If your heart has been shattered this is a must read book. It will help you or any loved one take the first step to finding your new normal after tragedy.

Download or read book Overcoming a Broken Heart written by Kimi Y. Bivins and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a babe in Christ, author Kimi Y. Bivins experienced deep wounds that have taken years to heal. In Overcoming a Broken Heart, she narrates her journey of mending that broken heart throughout the years. She shows how she developed faith through wisdom and contemplation. In this compilation of memoir, poetry, and reflections, Bivins addresses important issues of the church while at the same time providing insight into what it’s like raising a child on one’s own. Overcoming a Broken Heart considers the importance of worship, the impact of relationships, the role of an active father in a child’s life, the goal of working toward God’s purpose in our life, and the responsibility of the church to aid in forgiveness. Poetry, some of which was given to her by the Holy Spirit, offered her a way to overcome her broken heart. She hopes that her work can help others undergoing the same pain that she experienced. With emotional depth, Bivins contemplates her life and those of the church, church leaders, and other Christians through Scripture, poetry, and prayer.

Download or read book When Your Child Breaks Your Heart written by Barbara Johnson and published by Revell. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved author Barbara Johnson offers hope to families facing difficulty coming to terms with a child's decisions in life, sharing how God brought her through the deep waters--and how he will do the same for them.

Download or read book The Blessing of a Broken Heart written by Sherri Mandell and published by Toby Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir of the mother of a boy stoned to death in the Judean desert.

Download or read book Heartbreak A Personal and Scientific Journey written by Florence Williams and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A Five Books "Best Literary Science Writing" Book of 2023 • A Smithsonian Best Science Book of 2022 • A Prospect Magazine Top Memoir of 2022 • A KCRW Life Examined Best Book of 2022 "Keen observer [and] deft writer" (David Quammen) Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much—and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path that leads her from neurogenomic research laboratories to trying MDMA in a Portland therapist’s living room, from divorce workshops to the mountains and rivers that restore her. She tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks while looking at pictures of her ex, and discovers that our immune cells listen to loneliness. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she seeks out new relationships and ventures into the wilderness in search of an extraordinary antidote: awe. With warmth, daring, wit, and candor, Williams offers a gripping account of grief and healing. Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.

Download or read book The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart written by Alice Walker and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ever thought about human relationships. Situated squarely in that terrifying paradise called freedom, precipitously out on so many emotional limbs, it was as if I had been born; and in fact I was being reborn as the woman I was to become." So says Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker about her beautiful new book, in which "one of the best American writers today" (The Washington Post) gives us superb stories based on rich truths from her own experience. Imbued with Walker's wise philosophy and understanding of people, the spirit, sex and love, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart begins with a lyrical, autobiographical story of a marriage set in the violent and volatile Deep South during the early years of the civil rights movement. Walker goes on to imagine stories that grew out of the life following that marriage—a life, she writes, that was "marked by deep sea-changes and transitions." These provocative stories showcase Walker's hard-won knowledge of love of many kinds and of the relationships that shape our lives, as well as her infectious sense of humor and joy. Filled with wonder at the power of the life force and of the capacity of human beings to move through love and loss and healing to love again, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart is an enriching, passionate book by "a lavishly gifted writer" (The New York Times Book Review).

Download or read book A Mother s Broken Heart written by Wanda Goodwin-Yemm and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mother's Broken Heart is the heartbreaking memoir by a woman with a fifth-grade education. She wanted to share her story with anyone who might be facing similar difficulties. Author Wanda Goodwin-Yemm grew up poor and with an alcoholic father, but she had the wherewithal to write about her life. A loving mother who always tried to give her sons her very best, they did not follow the paths she had hoped they would. But this did not affect her strong faith and unwavering belief in God's love. From the abuse she experienced at the hands of her father to her unhappy marriage, the author never lost sight of the life she wanted for herself and for her sons. She worked hard to give them a good life; she sacrificed everything for them. A Mother's Broken Heart chronicles the life of Wanda Goodwin-Yemm-her love for her two sons and the hope and faith that her future may still hold promise.

Download or read book A Shattered Heart written by Linda Wozniak and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother should never have to bury her child. Unfortunately, life doesn't always happen that way. When Linda Wozniak lost her only son, she fell into a pit of despair so deep that she thought she might not come out of it. In A Shattered Heart: Secrets for the Grief Journey, she shares her journey through unimaginable grief, a journey that took her away from depression and despair toward the Lord's love. Though Linda's grief has not come completely to an end, she has found strength only in Christ, and in her relationship with Him, which is stronger than ever now. Wozniak's honesty and Bible-inspired wisdom can help anyone who has lost a loved one find a way to move forward. Though you may want nothing more than to retreat into an abyss of depression, you should know that there is life after loss. Many find it comforting, as Linda does, to know that their lost loved ones are not, in fact, lost at all-rather, they are with Jesus in heaven.

Download or read book Mothers with Broken Hearts written by Monica Shipley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death is a part of life, but for a mother who has suffered the death of a child, life can suddenly become unbearable. She finds herself completely shattered-knocked to her knees and unable to get up. Her pain is horrible, beyond anything she has ever felt or experienced before. In Mothers with Broken Hearts, author Monica Shipley tells the heartrending story of the suicide of her son, Jeffrey, and the unexpected miracle that occurs as he is dying. She shares the emotional free fall that his family experienced as he lay motionless for five days following his suicide attempt. She recounts the story of her life as she lives with the shadow of Jeffrey's drug addiction. She talks honestly about his suicide, God's miracle, and what she has done since his death to help hundred of mothers who have also lost a child. By sharing her story and reaching out to mothers experiencing the greatest loss imaginable, Shipley hopes to bring some measure of comfort to each of them.