The Heart of Grief : Death and the Search for Lasting Love.
"What's gone and what's past help," Shakespeare wrote, "should be past grief." But Thomas Attig argues that Shakespeare is wrong--that a grieving survivor need never let go. In The Heart of Grief, Attig gives us an inspiring and profoundly insightful meditation on...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cary : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2002. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- I. Places in the Heart
- Where Are They Now?
- Living with Sadness
- Carrying the Hurt
- Longing for Their Return
- Believing They Live On
- Ghosts and Other Contacts
- Loving in Separation
- Good and Troubled Loving
- Receiving Their Legacies
- Giving Them Places in Our Hearts
- Lasting Love Is Good for Them
- Lasting Love Is Good for Us
- Learning to Love in a New Way
- II. Transitions to Lasting Love
- Taking Leave and Opening Our Hearts
- Missed Opportunities
- Frozen Scenes
- Investing Ourselves in Ceremonies
- Choosing Our Own Ways
- Conflicts about Ceremonies
- III. Memories
- Holding Them in Memory
- Unfinished Business
- Negative Ties That Bind Us
- Horrific Memories
- Memories and Dying Days
- Remembering at the Time of Death
- Fragile and Fleeting Memories
- Incomplete and Partial Memories
- Richly Meaningful Memories
- The Dance Continues in Memory
- IV. Practical Life
- They Are with Us in Our Practical Lives
- Acting on Promises
- Using Their Advice and Counsel
- Doing Things Their Way
- Following in Their Footsteps
- Making Their Cares and Interests Our Own
- V. Life of the Soul: Returning Home
- Loss and Soul Pain
- Choosing How We Approach Our Hurt
- They Are with Us in Our Souls
- Meeting Them in Things They Leave Behind
- Soul Food and Soul Music
- Meeting Them in Familiar Places
- Seeing Them in Others
- Finding Our Roots in Their Life Stories
- Touching Our Souls in Mysterious Ways
- Learning to Be Soulful
- VI. Life of the Spirit: Reviving Hope
- Loss and Spiritual Pain
- Their Spirits Are with Us
- Resilience
- Searching
- Changing and Growing
- Striving
- Joy and Adventure
- Afterword: Grief Is a Journey of the Heart
- Acknowledgments.