Growth Through Grief (A Widower's Guide to Healing and Renewed Purpose)

There are very few books dealing with widowers, particularly men who have lost their spouse relatively early in life (in their 40s-60s as opposed to their 70s-90s) and the challenges they face. The author wrote this book to provide support and connection for this underserved segment of society, and to propose a healing and growth framework. Widowers will be attracted to this book, especially those who have lost a wife while in middle age and still may have teenagers. It will also be used by ministers and hospice workers who minister to grieving husbands. A grieving husband will find this book helpful in his need to now reset his life’ s expectations. This book will provide readers with a sense of brotherhood with other widowers. Those who teach classes on grief will find this book to be a valuable resource that they can read and pass on to those they minister to. The benefit this book offers is peace, comfort, and a path forward as a widower navigates the “ new normal” of living life without their spouse. This book is special because it addresses a neglected niche, the widower. and more specifically a widower who is younger, perhaps in their 40s-60s. It also features poems and color artwork and will address the issue of loss from a practical, physical, emotional, and spiritual perspective. The message of this book is tied to this acronym: G.R.I.E.F. - Grace-Reflection-Intention-Elevation-Faith.