Claudia Marie Smith
Surviving The Loss of a Child
I searched everywhere for information. I needed to understand what was going on and I had a million questions.
A few questions I needed answers to right away included: Where did Claudia go? What happens there? What heppens next? Does her life continue? Or does it just end? How do I keep her spirit alive, especially when everyone wants to avoid talking about death? How do other cultures explain death? How do I explain this to my kids? Will my kids be destroyed by this and end up needing therapy? How do we continue on as family? Will this destroy our marriage? How do I continue on?
So I bought books. I was never a very big reader, but at this time I was reading 5+ books at a time. If I began a book and it didn't resonate wtih me, I'd toss it aside and start another. If I felt connected to it, I stormed my way through, shared everything I learned with my kids and my husband and just continued devouring information. But, it wasn't easy. Today there seems to be more and more books which I would have loved to read then- they just weren't available...but the good news is, they are now!
I will post books that I found helpful. If they help you too, thats great! If not, toss them aside and try another.