This real-life Brady Bunch story is about what it means to endure the unthinkable―and still open one’s heart to what’s next. When two childhood friends die of cancer six weeks apart, the shared experience of loss brings their grieving spouses together. After months of late-night phone calls, family dinners, and countless dreams and tears, this unlikely pair builds a trust, a love, and a shared life. Told from alternating points of view, The Color of Rain illuminates the stepping-stones of healing that lead to a joyful new beginning for Michael and Gina Spehn and their five children. Like many who grieve, Michael and Gina had to choose to hope again. Along the way, they discovered that God can restore the darkest circumstances―and even from death, He can bring new life. Michael and Gina’s gripping story of “growing new hearts” will inspire readers not only to survive loss but also to receive the new courage, faith, and identity that God gives in the midst of tragedy.
Through her experiences navigating personal loss, author Amy Morin realized it is often the habits we cannot break that are holding us back from true success and happiness. Morin writes with searing honesty, incorporating anecdotes from her work as a college psychology instructor and psychotherapist as well as personal stories about how she bolstered her own mental strength when tragedy threatened to consume her and shares her tried-and-true practices.
This cookbook includes healthy recipes to combat side effects such as day of chemotherapy, sore mouth, neutropenia, nausea, constipation, and weight-loss. Easy to read, with simple, nutritious recipes, beautiful photographs, tips and information, the cookbook highlights diabetic, gluten-free, vegetarian and freezer-friendly recipes.
Dr. Holland has pioneered the study of psychological problems of cancer patients and their families -- whom she calls "the real experts." In The Human Side of Cancer, she shares what she has learned about facing this life-threatening illness and what truly helps along the cancer journey. It is a book that inspires hope -- through stories of the simple courage of ordinary people confronting cancer.
A must-read for cancer survivors and anyone who has suffered adversity! This firsthand survivor’s account offers invaluable insights on the healing power of positive attitude. Full of practical tips for all cancer survivors - how to get the best care from your doctor, where and who to turn to in building a support system, how to find in-depth information on your specific treatment protocols, and so much more.
A practical, supportive resource for anyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer. She describes with humor and wisdom her personal experience and gives details about her diagnosis, treatment, side effects, and recovery. She addresses the physical and emotional aspects of treatment, highlights what patients can expect, and provides action steps.
Dr. Turner embarked on a ten-month trip around the world, traveling to ten different countries to interview fifty holistic healers and twenty radical remission cancer survivors about their healing practices and techniques. Racial Remission compassionately guides readers through an actionable system to attain the seemingly impossible: a healthy, healing future and an unstoppable human spirit.
An unforgettable reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both. It chronicles Paul Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student to a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally to a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.
A Mom of Many Hats helps children affected by a parent battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy with a healing literary experience. The combined storybook/chapter-style book is written for children of varied ages. Each child can experience the story in an age appropriate manner. Each family can then use this book as a tool to discuss the cancer journey.
This book was written to help a 7 year old understand and deal with his mother's breast cancer diagnosis. He learns that there are many small ways he can help his mother while she is on her breast cancer journey. With it's rhyming text and positive illustrations, BK's Mommy Has Breast Cancer encourages children to be hopeful and helpful as their loved one battles cancer.
When Sara Olsher was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 34, her first thought was how to tell her six-year-old daughter without scaring her. Cancer Party! is the result of that conversation and experience. Cancer Party! is a little bit science, a little bit silly, and a lot straightforward. Keeping it simple, Cancer Party! uses bright illustrations to show how cells divide, work, and what happens when a cell gets confused and turns into cancer. Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10.
This book focuses on chemotherapy in a way that children can understand. Geared to children ages 3-9, colorful and fun illustrations make this topic less scary for kids. An excellent resource for children with a family member undergoing chemo or a childhood cancer patient. This book does not promise any specific outcomes - as everyone's cancer experience is vastly different when it comes to that. It emphasizes that cancer is not the child's fault and encourages them to ask questions.
Corey Jr. is a nine-year-old from Saint Louis, Missouri, who has chosen to share his journey during his mother's battle with breast cancer. Corey and his mom, Anastasia, wish to share this journey with you. Key takeaways from this book are to always be kind, always show love and always be thankful for your family.
This fun and gentle book has a rhyming structure and cute illustrations. It is perfect for a young child anywhere from 3-6 years old. There are no scary terms in this book or mentions of a specific outcome of treatment or a specific cancer. The emphasis is on the relationship with dad, the fact that cancer is not the child's fault, and the love that cancer cannot take!
When Chelsey Gomez was first diagnosed with cancer her daughter was only 3. She found herself struggling to find books to explain cancer and chemotherapy induced hair loss to her. This is the story of how she introduced her bald head to her daughter.
In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string. "That's impossible!" the children insist, but still they want to know more. This heartwarming picture book for all ages explores questions about the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love.
En este clásico contemporáneo reconfortante y fácil de identificar, una madre les dice a sus dos hijos que todos están conectados por un hilo invisible. "¡Eso es imposible!", insisten los niños, pero aun así quieren saber más. Este conmovedor libro ilustrado, ideal para todas las edades, explora preguntas sobre los lazos intangibles pero irrompibles que nos unen, y abre la puerta a conversaciones más profundas sobre el amor.
When something sad happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they have the answer. One by one, the animals try to tell Taylor how to act, and one by one they fail to offer comfort. Then the rabbit arrives. All the rabbit does is listen, which is just what Taylor needs. The Rabbit Listened is about how to comfort and heal the people in your life, by taking the time to carefully, lovingly, gently listen.
Cuando algo triste le pasa a Taylor, no sabe a quién acudir. Todos los animales están seguros de tener la respuesta. Uno por uno, intentan decirle a Taylor cómo debe actuar, y uno por uno, no logran consolarle. Entonces llega el conejo. Lo único que hace el conejo es escuchar, y eso es justo lo que Taylor necesita. El conejo escuchó es una historia sobre cómo consolar y sanar a las personas que amamos, tomándonos el tiempo de escuchar con atención, con cariño y con suavidad.
When Sara Olsher was diagnosed with cancer, her first thought was how to tell her six-year-old daughter without scaring her. As it turned out, explaining cancer was only the beginning. Treatment is long and causes a lot of ongoing changes in the family—all of which can be confusing, scary, and isolating for kids. Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this is the perfect book for families that want to explain what cancer actually is and how it affects a kid's life.
Ben has cancer, but he also has a loving family and friends, a community fighting for him―and hope. When Ben finds out he has cancer, he learns that cancer is something you fight, and that cancer isn't anyone's fault―especially not his. He discovers that many things change with cancer, but some of the most important things stay the same, and everyone around him wants to help him fight.
Let's face it, cancer sucks. This book provides real-life advice from real-life teens designed to help teens live with a parent who is fighting cancer. Author Maya Silver was 15 when her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. This books allows teens to see that they are not alone. That no matter how rough things get, they will get through this difficult time.
If your mom, dad, or an adult close to you has cancer, you can read about what has helped other teens get through this tough time. Some days will be good, and things might seem like they used to. Other days may be harder. This book includes information about cancer treatments, ways teens can talk to family and friends, how to connect with other teens, and where to find other resources.
Through a series of creative and quirky prompts, acclaimed guerilla artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in destructive acts—poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more—in order to experience the true creative process. Readers are introduced to a new way of art- and journal-making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.
A go-to book for supportive, practical advice, based on the lifetime experience and clinical practice of one of America 's leading child life practitioners. It explores the major issues and developments, including the dangers and opportunities of the Internet, a deeper understanding of how hereditary diseases affect children, and new insights into how family trauma and a parent's mental illness may affect children.
Nobody is prepared for the horrible day when the doctor says, “Your kid has cancer, and it doesn’t look good.” This is the heartfelt story of a mother's journey with her fourteen-year-old who was diagnosed with a rare cancer. She explains what each stage of cancer treatment was like for them, and she provides tips for dealing with side effects, helpful items to get through hospital visits, how to deal with the emotional upheaval, and what it is really like to have a child diagnosed with cancer.
A leading resource for families facing serious illness and death that is written in a clear and simple style. It gives information about children's needs starting from the time a serious illness is diagnosed. It provides medical information about what to expect based on the author's experience as a hospice nurse. Includes hundreds of practical ideas of ways to meet children's needs.
When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, it is often difficult to know what to do. Those who want to help can sometimes make matters worse. Written in a frank conversational manner, this book offers readers specific advice on what to do for a friend or loved one in need. How Can I Help? provides the support and guidance everyone needs to make this time easier.
People with cancer typically get the attention and care from the world. Rightly so. But what about the unsung heroes of those caring day and night for people with cancer—or any debilitating illness? Caregiver’s struggle with their own unique fears, hurts, frustrations, and stresses. If that sounds familiar, then this book is for you.
Written by a family caregiver for family caregivers. Caregiving is depleting, worrying, and exhausting, often leading to physical and emotional burnout, fear, and illness. Yet a growing body of evidence tells us that while caregiving is depleting, it can also be a source of strength, well-being, and purpose. Caregiving may be inevitable, but caregiver distress is not.
Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will face some kind of loss in life. But we can, if we choose, know the grace that transforms us. Whether your suffering has come in the form of chronic illness, disability, divorce, unemployment, crushing disappointment, or the loss of someone you love, Sittser will help you put your thoughts into words in a way that will guide you deeper into your own healing process.
Are you a widow searching for solace and guidance as you navigate the challenging journey of grief and healing after the loss of your partner or spouse? This heartfelt and empowering book offers gentle support and invaluable advice to help you find strength, find hope, and embrace life once again. Kristin Meekhof, a licensed social worker who lost her husband to cancer, shares her personal journey and expertise to provide compassionate guidance through the first five years of widowhood.
Whether you are a recently widowed person or further along in your journey, A Widow's Guide to Healing is an essential companion that will empower you to heal, find purpose, and embrace the beauty of life once again.
Grief is complex; it may present itself differently on any given day. This grief recovery handbook offers daily reflections and practices that address the day-to-day emotions and experiences that accompany the grieving process so you can create a life in which peace―and even gratitude―can coexist with your grief. Explore the stages of grief with a collection of quotes, musings, meditations, and more that are tied together by a weekly theme, allowing you to reflect on each concept in depth.
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This series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally. Acknowledging that death is a painful, ongoing part of life, it explains how people need to slow down, turn inward, embrace their feelings of loss, and seek and accept support when a loved one dies. Each book, geared for mourning adults, teens, or children, provides ideas and action-oriented tips that teach the basic principles of grief and healing.
When a painful loss upends your world, here is the first thing to know: there is nothing wrong with grief. In It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, "happy" life, replacing it with a far healthier path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it.
Author Joanna Rowland artfully describes what it's like to remember and grieve a loved one who has died. The child in the story wonders if she will forget the person who has gone. The main character creates a memory box to keep mementos and written memories of her loved one to help with the grieving process. Heartfelt and comforting, The Memory Box helps people talk about this very difficult topic together.
Kara Tippetts offers gentle reflections on living and dying well. She invites us to cultivate soft hearts even when we face great disappointment. Her ideas for living are hard-won, wrestled within the crucible of family, illness, and faith. Her constant reminder is that whether we are in the midst of dark days or mundane moments Jesus is always there, life is surprisingly beautiful, and God is forever good.
As a cancer survivor, Randy Becton knows firsthand the onslaught this disease brings on the human spirit. His experience creates a special bond with fellow cancer patients, making his encouragement even more powerful. In Everyday Strength he offers hope and comfort through poetic prayers, Scripture, brief reflections, and uplifting thoughts for each day. Everyday Strength deals honestly with topics such as depression, anger, fear, and loneliness.
At thirty-five, everything in Kate Bowler’s life seems to point toward “blessing.” Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with “a surge of determination.” Everything Happens for a Reason tells her story, offering up her irreverent, hard-won observations on dying and the ways it has taught her to live.
He Whispers Your Name is a devotional offering inspiration for your daily walk of faith. The messages will inspire you to converse with God and to hear God speaking to you directly through the Scriptures. Cherie weaves Scripture verses together to create a relatable dialog between you and God.
In 2001, Toni Bernhard got sick and, to her and her partner’s bewilderment, stayed that way. In spite of her many physical and energetic restrictions (and sometimes, because of them), Toni learned how to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. This book reminds us that our own inner freedom is limitless, regardless of our external circumstances.
Everyone goes through difficult seasons, tough losses, and moments that feel unbearable. In today's world, people thirst more than ever for reassurance and guidance. Streams in the Desert provides a river of wisdom, encouragement, and inspiration to weary travelers. This book contains 366 devotions with a powerful collection of meditations, Christian writings, and Scripture featured in the original edition.
Kara Tippetts knows the ordinary days of mothering four kids, the joy of watching her children grow, and the devastating reality of stage-four cancer. In The Hardest Peace, Kara doesn't offer answers for when living is hard, but she asks us to join her in moving away from fear and control and toward peace and grace. Most of all, she draws us back to the God who is with us, in the mundane and the suffering, and who shapes even our pain into beauty.
As a young husband and the father of three, Rob Raban was diagnosed with lymphoma and was terrified of leaving his family fatherless. Trusting God with Cancer is the author’s vulnerable account of his journey into this realm of fear, and he provides a roadmap to help others successfully navigate this world. Trusting God with Cancer is a life-affirming testimony of how much our God in heaven loves us.
When Harold Kushner’s son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease that meant the boy would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. A classic that offers clear thinking and consolation in times of sorrow.